NThe Obituary Writer – novel by Porter Shreve

Jim Nicholsom from Philadelphia Daily News

Murray Klein, Zabar Deli Manager obit in NYT

The Obituary Forum, “serves as the blog for the Society of Professional Obituary Writers.” [Book is also available: The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries ]

One example of Life is Short: Autobiography as Haiku in WP

Computer Assisted Research (C.A.R.) via PoynterOnline [See "Awaken the Dead" curriculum handout.]

Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress

“Mortals,” a short story in Tobias Wolff’s Our Story Begins

Using the Tools of the Trade The Student Press Law Center provides this overview of Freedom of Information laws.

“Why we fight” speech from “Patton” on youTube.

Seven stages of public opinion via Public Agenda

Principal resigns over Gay Straight Alliance

Interactive tutorial in critical reasoning

Note the number of WP editorials that consist of 5 paragraphs

NYT year in the life of over-achieving h.s. girls in Newton Mass.

Listing of columnists suggested by Josh

Orwell’s “A Hanging“