http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/media media news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-02-04T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_az_printed_notices/publishers-lawmakers-wrangle-over-printed-public-notices/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_az_printed_notices/publishers-lawmakers-wrangle-over-printed-public-notices/ 01:34:00Z Nicole Gilbert With budgets tight and the world increasingly connected by the Internet, state lawmakers and publishers are wrangling over whether the future of public notices should include paying for ads to run in newspapers. 2012-02-04T01:34:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_buckmaster/buckmaster-legislation-would-create-new-pima-bonding-authority/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_buckmaster/buckmaster-legislation-would-create-new-pima-bonding-authority/ 22:49:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry is the Friday Focus Newsmaker. Then, it’s the Reporters’ Roundtable featuring Sarah Garrecht Gassen of the Arizona Daily Star and Dan Shearer of the Green Valley News. Plus, Weekend Watch with Matt Russell, “The Culinary Cruiser.” 2012-02-03T22:49:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_media_execs_pacs/media-execs-firms-giving-conservative-super-pacs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020212_media_execs_pacs/media-execs-firms-giving-conservative-super-pacs/ 22:40:00Z Corbin Hiar News companies and their executives donated more than $350,000 to conservative super PACs in 2011, according to financial disclosure forms filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission. 2012-02-02T22:40:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_groundhogday/groundhog-day-same-as-it-ever-was/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_groundhogday/groundhog-day-same-as-it-ever-was/#When: 12:25:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Every Feb. 2, it’s time for the obligatory Groundhog Day story. Here in the Sentinel newsroom, we’d rather watch the same old Youtube videos than check whether some rodent is having a bad hair day. Enjoy! %2012-%02-%02GMT%19:%25:%00%Q http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012712_buckmaster/buckmaster-nuclear-recycling-good-arizona/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012712_buckmaster/buckmaster-nuclear-recycling-good-arizona/ 22:13:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Friday Focus interview with state Sen. Al Melvin. Also, the Friday Reporters’ Roundtable with Dylan Smith of TucsonSentinel.com and Mark Evans of TucsonCitizen.com. Plus, “The Culinary Cruiser” Matt Russell has the Weekend Watch. 2012-01-27T22:13:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_fbi_social_networks/is-fbi-monitoring-your-twitter-facebook/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012612_fbi_social_networks/is-fbi-monitoring-your-twitter-facebook/ 04:10:00Z Jennifer Mattson The Federal Bureau of Investigations is seeking to develop an early-warning system based on material “scraped” from social networks. 2012-01-27T04:10:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012512_buckmaster/buckmaster-state-union-everything-old-new-again/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012512_buckmaster/buckmaster-state-union-everything-old-new-again/ 22:51:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster — Washington contributor Terry Bracy breaks down the State of the Union. Also, a newsmaker interview with Stuart McDaniel, Republican candidate for Pima County Supervisor in District 1. Then, our Blogger Beat spotlights David Safier and Blog for Arizona. Plus, the Assistance League’s upcoming antiques appraisal fundraiser. 2012-01-25T22:51:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012412_cia_leaks/former-cia-agent-charged-media-leaks/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012412_cia_leaks/former-cia-agent-charged-media-leaks/ 15:00:00Z Lillian Rizzo A former CIA agent had been charged with leaking classified information about fellow officers to journalists. 2012-01-24T15:00:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012312_lee_bankrupcty/daily-star-parents-bankruptcy-plan-gets-court-ok/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012312_lee_bankrupcty/daily-star-parents-bankruptcy-plan-gets-court-ok/ 01:56:00Z Dylan Smith A federal judge gave the nod Monday to a plan that puts off the day of reckoning for newspaper chain Lee Enterprises, the publisher of the Arizona Daily Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and some 50 other newspapers. Lee now has more time to pay off its $1 billion debt. 2012-01-24T01:56:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012312_paterno_rumors/false-paterno-death-report-relied-faulty-sourcing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012312_paterno_rumors/false-paterno-death-report-relied-faulty-sourcing/ 17:24:00Z Daniel Victor The Onward State tweet that erroneously reported Joe Paterno’s death Saturday night and led to an avalanche of false reports in other outlets was based on the work of two student reporters: One was snookered by a false email, and one overstated his knowledge of the events. 2012-01-23T17:24:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012212_sentinel_birthday/sentinel-hits-second-birthday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012212_sentinel_birthday/sentinel-hits-second-birthday/ 16:08:00Z Dylan Smith It’s been two years since TucsonSentinel.com hit the Internet, two years of long hours, quick lunches and lengthy City Council meetings. Since our launch, we’ve gained a reputation - both local and national - as the news website that gets it first, and gets it right. Some two-year-olds are just learning to walk. I believe we’re hitting our stride. 2012-01-22T16:08:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012012_buckmaster/buckmaster-tusd-board-president-denies-book-ban/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012012_buckmaster/buckmaster-tusd-board-president-denies-book-ban/ 22:09:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We start things off with a Friday Focus interview with TUSD Governing Board President Dr. Mark Stegeman. Then, it’s the Reporters’ Roundtable with Mark Evans of the TucsonCitizen.com and Sarah Garrecht Gassen of the Arizona Daily Star. Plus, the Weekend Watch with the Culinary Cruiser himself, Matt Russell. 2012-01-20T22:09:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012012_pipa_vote/pipa-vote-postponed/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012012_pipa_vote/pipa-vote-postponed/ 18:18:00Z Priyanka Boghani Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid postponed a procedural vote that would decide the fate of the Protect Intellectual Property Act or PIPA. 2012-01-20T18:18:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012012_gingrich_media/gingrich-attacks-vicious-media-gop-debate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012012_gingrich_media/gingrich-attacks-vicious-media-gop-debate/ 16:23:00Z Amanda Morrow Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich used Thursday night’s lively CNN TV debate to criticize the media and deny a report that he asked his former wife for an “open marriage.” 2012-01-20T16:23:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_sopa_global_internet/state-department-vs-sopa/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_sopa_global_internet/state-department-vs-sopa/ 23:16:00Z Corbin Hiar If done wrong, anti-piracy legislation could restrict the rights of Internet users across the country – and put U.S. diplomats in a very awkward position. 2012-01-19T23:16:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_sopa_internet/sopa-has-internet-won/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011912_sopa_internet/sopa-has-internet-won/ 18:34:00Z Jeb Boone Internet activists may have won this round in the battle over SOPA. But the fight ain’t over yet. 2012-01-19T18:34:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011812_sopa_pipa/sopa-pipa-losing-steam/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011812_sopa_pipa/sopa-pipa-losing-steam/ 22:07:00Z Kyle Kim The Wednesday blackout protests by SOPA and PIPA protesters have been the latest pressure against lawmakers to stop the anti-web piracy bills – and it seems to be working. Sens. Marco Rubio and John Cornyn are changing course in the debate. 2012-01-18T22:07:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011712_defense_research_development/is-defense-rd-spending-effective/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011712_defense_research_development/is-defense-rd-spending-effective/ 21:08:00Z Eric Alterman If we are to get our deficits under control, then we no longer have the luxury of throwing countless billions of dollars at Pentagon research and development and hoping they land somewhere else. 2012-01-17T21:08:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011312_buckmaster/buckmaster-buying-back-capitol-good-idea-arizona/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011312_buckmaster/buckmaster-buying-back-capitol-good-idea-arizona/ 23:46:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Friday Focus with a newsmaker interview with State Rep. Steve Farley. Then it’s the Reporters’ Roundtable featuring Jimmy Boegle of the Tucson Weekly and Mark Evans of TucsonCitizen.com. Plus, the Weekend Watch with Matt Russell. 2012-01-13T23:46:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071111_whattheysaying/what-theyre-saying-tucsonsentinelcom/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071111_whattheysaying/what-theyre-saying-tucsonsentinelcom/#When: 16:41:000 Dylan Smith Updated: In the past months, we’ve received a number of emails, comments and actual letters from readers telling us how much they appreciate the quality reporting of TucsonSentinel.com. We thought we’d share a few. %2012-%01-%12GMT%23:%41:%00%Q http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011212_bradley_manning_trial/court-martial-recommended-bradley-manning/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011212_bradley_manning_trial/court-martial-recommended-bradley-manning/ 23:33:00Z Global Post Pvt. Bradley Manning, the former U.S. Army analyst accused of giving Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hundreds of classified documents, has been recommended to stand trial before a court martial 2012-01-12T23:33:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011112_mexico_drugwar_toll/47000-killed-mexicos-drug-war-since-dec-06/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/011112_mexico_drugwar_toll/47000-killed-mexicos-drug-war-since-dec-06/ 23:22:00Z Global Post Acting under pressure from journalists, federal prosecutors in Mexico announced Wednesday that more than 47,000 people had been killed in the drug war since President Felipe Calderón first used the Mexican military to combat the nation’s feared drug cartels. 2012-01-11T23:22:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010612_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-shooting-author-asks-who-blame/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010612_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-shooting-author-asks-who-blame/ 21:49:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We talk with Tom Zoellner, author of “A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and Life in Arizona” on the Friday Focus. Then, it’s the Reporters’ Roundtable featuring Dan Shearer of the Green Valley News and Jimmy Boegle of the Tucson Weekly. Plus, the Weekend Watch with Matt Russell. 2012-01-06T21:49:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010512_santorum_google/rick-santorums-google-problem-nsfw/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010512_santorum_google/rick-santorums-google-problem-nsfw/ 23:31:00Z Samantha Stainburn Some voters who took to Google to find out more about GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum the morning after the Iowa primary didn’t end up any the wiser — the first result is a link to a vulgar definition. 2012-01-05T23:31:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/010312_jan8_pbs_doc/jan-8-documentary-airs-thursday-pbs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/010312_jan8_pbs_doc/jan-8-documentary-airs-thursday-pbs/#When: 14:35:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: PBS will air a one-hour documentary this week about the healing of the Tucson community following the Jan. 8 shootings that claimed six lives and injured 13. %2012-%01-%05GMT%21:%35:%00%Q http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/123011_buckmaster/buckmaster-development-communication-rothschilds-top-priorities/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/123011_buckmaster/buckmaster-development-communication-rothschilds-top-priorities/ 20:27:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We start things off with our Friday Focus interview with Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild. Plus, the Reporter’s Roundtable looks back over 2011 and ahead to the new year with Jimmy Boegle of the Tucson Weekly and Dylan Smith of TucsonSentinel.com. 2011-12-30T20:27:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122211_journalist_deaths_2011/66-journalists-killed-worldwide-2011/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122211_journalist_deaths_2011/66-journalists-killed-worldwide-2011/ 20:17:00Z Lynn La This year 66 journalists have been killed worldwide, according to the French-based advocacy organization, Reporters Without Borders. 2011-12-22T20:17:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122211_christmas_op/the-war-christmas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122211_christmas_op/the-war-christmas/ 19:32:00Z Michael Ettlinger A lover of Christmas says the real war over the holiday is not being fought over taxpayer dollars spent on carving scripture into courthouse walls, or the lawn in front of a city hall where a crèche used to be placed. How the holiday is being undermined by those who claim to protect it. 2011-12-22T19:32:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122011_fc_gingrich_slavery/a-historians-perspective-gingrich-lincoln/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122011_fc_gingrich_slavery/a-historians-perspective-gingrich-lincoln/ 21:25:00Z Eugene Kiely Newt Gingrich wrongly claimed the Dred Scott decision “ruled that slavery extended to the whole country…” It did not. The ruling stated that Congress had no authority to ban slavery in new territories, but it stopped short of applying the ruling to all states. 2011-12-20T21:25:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121611_buckmaster/buckmaster-kozachik-says-democrat-carmona-will-make-great-senator/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121611_buckmaster/buckmaster-kozachik-says-democrat-carmona-will-make-great-senator/ 20:00:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster — We kick off the show with a Friday Focus interview with Steve Kozachik, Tucson councilman. Then it’s the Friday Roundtable featuring Jimmy Boegle of the Tucson Weekly and Mark B. Evans of TucsonCitizen.com. Plus, the Weekend Watch with Matt Russell. 2011-12-16T20:00:53+00:00