Milestones, awards, educational opportunities.Jay Ambrose of the Scripps Howard Washington Bureau is the 2004 Virginius Dabney Distinguished Professor of Journalism at Virginia Commonwealth University's school of mass communications. Dabney was a longtime editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch The Richmond Times-Dispatch (RTD or TD for short) is the primary daily newspaper in Richmond, Virginia the capital of Virginia, and is commonly considered the "newspaper of record" for events occurring in much of the state. editorial pages. The Chattanooga Times Free Press The Chattanooga Times Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Chattanooga, Tennessee by Tom Griscom and is distributed in the metro Chattanooga region. It is one of Tennessee's major newspapers. scored first and second place for best editorial in the large newspaper division of the Georgia Press Association's 2003 competition. The Tennessee paper, whose editorial page editor is Harry Austin, competes in Georgia because, as a border town, it circulates in both states and comments frequently on Georgia topics. The awards were for comment on the Hope scholarships and the Confederate flag issue. The Times Free Press also won best editorial honors in the University of Tennessee-Tennessee Press Association competition for 2003. John H. Taylor Jr., editorial page editor of the News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. , won first place for editorial writing in the AP Chesapeake Region (Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). ). Taylor's winning 2003 editorial criticized the Delaware Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Delaware is the sole appellate court in the United States' state of Delaware. Because Delaware is a popular haven for corporations, the Court has developed a worldwide reputation as a respected source of corporate law decisions, particularly in the area of for dragging its feet on allowing cameras in Delaware courtrooms. |
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