Journalist Retires After 55 Years Working Tabloids

After 55 years in journalism, Steve Dunleavy is seeing the curtain come down on his career, according to an article entitled A 'Tabloid Guy' Calls it A Night After 41 Years with Murdoch.


Dunleavy, a tabloid journalist for Murdoch has decided to retire after 55 years in journalism, 41 if them spent working for Murdoch.


Murdoch's brand of tabloid journalism was personalized by Dunleavy in print and on television. An interesting tabloid that was written by Dunleavy was an article about Wayne Dumond, who was accused of raping one of Bill Clinton's distance cousins.

Murdoch explained to the Times how as a young copyboy, Dunleavy was so anxious for a story that he popped the tires of his father's car at a murder scene earning his paper a "big scoop."


According to the Times, Steve was involved in educating America about the pleasures and joys of tabloid journalism.


I think that Dunleavy was very sucessful in his career as a journalist. He has been in the business for a very long time and is leaving with a bang. I find it very interesting on how his career started as a little boy. He wanted to get footage of a story and did whatever it took.

Journalistic Pioneer Dies

The first black women to be a reporter at the New York Times died Sunday in Los Angeles at the age of 61, according to an article entitled Nancy Hicks Dies at 61; a Groundbreaking Black Journalist. She died due to organ failure, the report says.

The article goes on to explain how Nancy Mayard first became interested in journalism as a teenager. A fire destroyed her former elementary school in Harlem, and she became upset at the way the media portrayed this event. She wanted to make a difference, the reporter stated.

Mayard was hired by the Times in 1968. She covered everything from race riots to the complexities of medicare.

I think that this is a devestating loss. I can relate in a way to Mayard not only because of my ethnicity but because I gained interested in reporting the same way she did. I witnessed something brutal and didn't like the way the media portrayed the event. Being reporter of The Times is a reward in itself and I know she lived a good life.

The "Real World" Online

According to an article entitled Like 'The Real World', With More Computers, MTV and its MtvU channel will join with Hewitt -Packard to present a series with 16 contestants, divided into four teams called The Engine Room.

These teams will complete in producing digital art using PCs, work stations, monitors, and other products sold by H.P. At the end of the series a team will win prizes that include $400,000 in cash.

Almost 2,000 people from 122 countries submitted more than 20,000 original artworks to earn a chance to take part in the contest, David Roman, vice president for world wide marketing communications stated.

This show could be compared to The Real World because they both are series that bring a group of young adults together with the opportunity to win alot of money.

I think that this series will gain alot of views and H.P. will recieve alot of advertising credibility. This show would function exactly like the The Real World and the computer geeks would love it!

Magazine Accusations of Being Bias

Most people like exciting stories that will grasp their attention. But where do you draw the line? According to a news article entitled Readers See Bias in US Weekly's Take on Sarah Palin, Us Weekly Magazine had no problem creating an "attention getter."

This month a cover story which featured political candidate Sarah Palin recieved more than 1 million website views.

According to the article, many people feel that US Weekly is bias. In a June cover featuring Barack Obama and his wife, US Weekly entitled the cover "Why Barrack loves Her," however, felt differently about Palin with the title of "Babies, Lies, and Scandal."

Palin's fans aren't very happy with Us Weekly. The article recognized a quote from one of the viewers saying, "Stick to your mindless gossip and leave real journalism to those that have the know-how." Another went on to say that Weekly had no business covering politics in the first place.

I think that Us Weekly was not being bias at all. A title that is an overview on the topics that will be covered in the duration of the magazine is a magazine that is doing its job. Palin certainly has more issues under her sleeve than Obama, she should have knew that the press was going to comment on her livlihood even if it was a little exaggerated. That is the responsibility of journalists. Palin opened a door to her issues and the press took advantage and walked in.