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Bush budget, just like yesterday;
cold nips, bandit nabbed
By Christy Mumford Jerding
Yesterday’s front pages previewed President Bush’s national budget proposal; today’s papers followed up with congressional reaction and local analysis. Many headlines painted the upcoming budget negotiation as a partisan fight: “Budget brawl begins,” The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee; “Bush budget rapped,” The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La. The Connecticut Post in Bridgeport portrayed the president as resolved in the face of criticism: “Bush gives no quarter.” The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer thought its readers would be pleased to know that the local army base was slotted to receive a healthy portion of the pie: “Bush has Bragg in sight.” Several Page One editors twinned the budget battle story with the Democrats’ failure to get a floor debate on the Iraq War. The Telegraph in Nashua, N.H., packaged its story on “Budget riles up Dems” with a photo of Hilary Clinton, appearing rather adamant, and a story on her presidential aspirations: “Out of the shadows.”
Other than the budget, Iraq and the typical local mayhem, the nation’s extreme weather showed up on dozens of front pages. Most lamented the frigid temperatures and included warnings on frostbite, stories on homeless people living outside, school closings and detailed forecasts. Some headline writers tried to provoke a smile amid the shivers: “Brrrrace for more,” Duluth (Minn.) News Tribune; “Less than zero fun,” St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times. Memphis’ Commercial Appeal said it best: “Cold out yonder.” A couple of spots reveled in their unusually warm temps: “Shed your winter coat,” Idaho Statesman. The Plain Dealer in Cleveland was just exasperated by it all: “Enough, already!”
Finally, the Northwest Herald in Crystal Lake, Ill., followed up on the “spa bandit,” mentioned here last week. A “portly but well-groomed man” was menacing the day spas of Illinois, getting facials, massages, manicures — even a Brazilian wax — and waltzing out on the bill. The Herald reported today that police had “nailed” the bandit, and police were grateful for all the coverage: “Through the media, we received multiple tips on him.” His getaway plan — hailing a cab — proved ill-advised.
Christy Mumford Jerding is the editorial director
of the Freedom Forum.
Every day, newseum.org features more than 400 newspaper front pages from around the world. Click here for links to the newspapers that participate. For an archive of past recaps, visit the Today’s Front Pages Archive here.
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Gun shots in Iraq,
Congo silence two voices
Freelance journalist Bapuwa Mwamba was shot by gunmen in his home in Kinshasa. Although the motive is not clear, Mwamba had written an article in a local newspaper criticizing authorities and the international community for the “failure” of the country’s political transition. In Iraq, Hadi Anawi
al-Joubouri was ambushed while driving between Baquba and Khalis. Al-Joubouri, 56, was a freelance journalist and a representative
of the Iraq Journalists Syndicate
in Diyala Province. Mwamba and Anawi died in 2006, bringing the total to 64 journalists killed on the job last year.
Chips Quinn program
welcomes 13 scholars
The spring Chips Quinn scholars
— along with two future summer scholars — recently attended a four-day orientation at the Diversity Institute in Nashville, Tenn. Read about their experience in the
spring '07 blog.
AIJI accepting applications
for summer 2007
College credit offered for three-week course followed by paid newsroom internships.
Diversity Matters
The Diversity Institute’s ninth class has produced the second edition of Diversity Matters, a newspaper focused on diversity issues, the role of the institute and its graduates. The complete newspaper can be read electronically, or a copy can be ordered free. The class graduated in December.
Where in the world
are our Chipsters?
Stay connected with the Chips Quinn family or share your own experiences. First in the series is from summer ’93 alum Rick Jervis reporting from Camp Taji, a U.S. base 12 miles northwest of Baghdad.
Photojournalism students capture local flavor
Six photojournalism students
at the American Indian Journalism Institute in Vermillion, S.D., covered local events, traditions and people, producing a slideshow gallery of their work. For samples of the AIJI students’ efforts in print, read two issues of the Native Journal.
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