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1. Big Projects for Small Papers.

Author

Tilitz, Alex

Subjects
*NEWSPAPERS, *GAMBLING, *INTERSTATE Highway System, *COACHES (Athletics)
Abstract

The article focuses on Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama and its program that aims to generate a series of stories for its 90-plus daily newspapers. Bill Ketter, vice president of news, oversees the Elite Reporting Fellowship program. The first package to emerge from the program was "Hooked on Gambling," a three-part series in April 2006 on the problems of gambling addicts and the meager resources available to help them. Since then, the program has produced five more series, including "America's Interstate," which dealt with the Interstate Highway System's crumbling infrastructure, and "Playing Hurt," which looked at the dangers to which untrained coaches expose young athletes.

Published
2008

2. Video Bingo Has Alabamians Yelling Everything But.

Author

Robertson, Campbell

Subjects
*BINGO laws, *GAMES, *CONSTITUTIONS, *GAMBLING, *VIDEO gambling
Abstract

Everybody knows what this is: dozens of people, mostly retirees, hunched over paper grids in a smoke-filled American Legion hall on a Sunday evening listening eagerly to a woman recite numbers. But what about this: a dim warehouse of flashing, jingling video terminals with names like Boomtown Bonanza where, early on a weekday morning, people sit on stools pushing buttons and watching cherries and 7s reel by. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2009