Tag Archives: journalism

Teacher’s Pet (1958)

Doris Day and Clark Gable are two of the best that Hollywood ever dished out, so it’s no surprise that “Teacher’s Pet” is an extremely good movie. Day plays Erica Stone, a professor of journalism at a local university. Her father ran a small newspaper for years, and she honors his memory as she teaches her students how to write. She decides she’d like to enrich her class by inviting in a guest speaker, and what better guest than James Gannon (Clark Gable) the city editor for the largest newspaper in the town? She sends him a nice letter, inviting … Continue reading →

I Was a Male War Bride and His Girl Friday

Cary Grant stars as Henri Rochard, a French officer, in “I Was a Male War Bride,” made in 1949 and set in Germany just after World War II. Henri has worked quite a bit with Lt. Catherine Gates (Ann Sheridan) throughout the war, and as they are being shipped home, they realize they are in love with each other. He wants to come home to America with her, but it all presents a problem. They want to bring him home on Army transport, but he can’t travel with Catherine because she’s supposed to be sailing on a ship full of … Continue reading →

An Introduction to Royal Family Kids’ Camp

I told Melissa I would write this guest blog months ago. I’ve had a hard time. I can tell you that as a repeat volunteer at Royal Family Kids’ Camp, it is the most intense experience I have ever had. (Keep in mind that I live in the inner city too!) My husband, who also volunteered for six years, would agree. In fact, after every year we would say, “We can’t go back. . .” But then we would go back. As a couple, this was our first introduction to working with at risk kids. Royal Family Kids’ Camp is … Continue reading →

Diane Sawyer Slammed By A Fellow Journalist

I like Diane Sawyer. Whereas I have never met the award-winning television journalist in person, as a former television news reporter, I often studied her work to improve on my own. I certainly don’t think she is perfect (who is), but I must say I disagree with the recent move a fellow journalist made in publicly bashing Sawyer during his review of her primetime TV special on poverty, which airs tonight. The ABC News special focuses on poverty in the United States; specifically struggling families in Camden, New Jersey. Yesterday Sawyer revealed she was inspired to do the program because … Continue reading →