Author Archives: Daniel Fitzsimmons
Suspect: Pegg was a child molester
This article was originally published in The Township Journal and three other Straus newspapers on June 28, 2012. By Daniel Fitzsimmons STILLWATER, NJ — Clark T. Fredericks, who was arrested on June 13 for the murder of Stillwater resident Dennis … Continue reading
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Back to Work?
UPDATE, June 26, 2012: The Albany Newspaper Guild announced today that they have reached a settlement with Hearst Corporation over a 2009 layoff dispute involving 11 employees of the Times-Union. Under the terms of the settlement, Hearst will reinstate three … Continue reading
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Why is the NY Times running the Bo Xilai scandal into the ground?
Since news of the Chinese politician Bo Xilai’s fall from grace broke on March 15, the NY Times has run close to 50 articles that either deal specifically with the scandal or mention Xilai in some related context. The totality … Continue reading
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The strangest tip I’ve ever received [UPDATE]
In December 2011 I posted a story that a colleague and I had written together about a bizarre phone call I received at work one afternoon (that story can be read here). Briefly, in December a PA state trooper named … Continue reading
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Jobless? Get out of the city
I recently read an article called Young, Privileged, and Applying for Food Stamps on thebillfold.com (“everything about money you were too polite to ask”). The author relates how she, a college graduate who lives in Brooklyn, can’t find a media … Continue reading →