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Activists, journalists, educators | Media reform conference opens in Memphis SHOWCASE| January 12, 2007 Event runs Friday to Sunday; some speakers and sessions may be seen online. Among the topics are media ownership, the war on the press, and independent media supplanting the mainstream. Participants include well known journalists and bloggers and political and entertainment figures. 
Keynote address | Media reform movement seen as ‘bursting at the seams’ SHOWCASE| January 12, 2007 At Memphis convention, Bill Moyers and Jesse Jackson invoke the spirit of Martin Luther King in talks to a diverse crowd of more than 3,000 people
The Memphis conference | From creep to floodgate: Product placement and fake news SHOWCASE| January 12, 2007 Panelists at Media Reform convention ridicule actors giving their all for Oreos, Crest, etc.; Donald Trump’s show was said to be the worst. And then there’s those corporate- or government-produced VNRs.
Databases provided | Tracking the rise of the political consultants SHOWCASE In a helpful bit of journalism, the Center for Public Integrity reports that some 600 political consultants got paid $1.78 billion by candidates for election in 2004. A lot of it went to TV ads—but there was a lot left over, also.
A mix of great reporting and writing | Immigration comes to the small-town Midwest SHOWCASE| October 286, 2006 In a rich, informative essay, Stephen Bloom portrays the state of Iowa in a moment of great transition – in the midst of changing forever, as it were. The 2000 census counted 82,500 Hispanics in the state but there may be almost twice as many today, and by 2030, many believe, half of Iowa’s population of 3 million will belong to minority groups.
The hidden veterans | “We all look at the amputees and say, ‘God, they're really lucky' ” SHOWCASE Parents and siblings give up careers, forsake wages and reconstruct homes to care for soldiers with severe head wounds. Military, VA rehabilitation is seen as falling short.
A teacher finds a gutsy publisher | Iowa J-students did tough, breakthrough reporting on legalized gambling SHOWCASE No paper had examined the state's burgeoning gambling industry in a thorough, investigative way until Stephen Bloom put 12 students on the case for 15 weeks.
Extra! Extra! | American watchdog reporting roundup SHOWCASE Exposing the hidden history of racial expulsions, questionable policies at the Federal Air Marshal Service and organic food standards
Whose national security? | Hey, hey LBJ, got any secrets to give away? SHOWCASE Personal history: Veteran military affairs reporter George Wilson tells how Lyndon Johnson used classified information for PR purposes, and how, in a secret court session, Wilson thwarted attorneys for Nixon who were trying to block release of the Pentagon Papers.
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