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The Associated Press has received an enormous amount of criticism, including from its own staffers, for firing Emily Wilder, 22, after hiring her as a news associate just 17 days before. According to AP, Wilder was let go for âviolations of APâs social media policy.â APâs action was clearly in response to a right-wing pressure campaign targeting Wilder for her activism in college supporting Palestinian rights.
Though appalling, however, none of this should be a surprise. AP has been notably conservative since its founding in 1846, with a long history of bowing to the demands of the powerful â with its many talented journalists often forced to fight its management to get the news out. While other wire services such as United Press International and Reuters have not always covered themselves in glory, APâs history demonstrates significantly more bias.
SFA extends WBB coach Mark Kelloggâs contract through 2025-26 season
SFA extends Coach Mark Kellogg s contract By SFA Athletics | May 3, 2021 at 10:33 PM CDT - Updated May 4 at 12:13 AM
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (News release) - SFA Director of Athletics Ryan Ivey announced on Monday a contract extension between SFA and womenâs head basketball coach Mark Kellogg.
The joint agreement extends Kelloggâs contract through the 2025-26 season, and comes on the heels of a 24-3 campaign that saw the Ladyjacks sweep the Southland Conference championships and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Kellogg and his team captured SFAâs first regular season title since the 2014-15 season, and its first Southland Tournament Title and NCAA tournament appearance since 2006.
Walter Liggett as seen Jan. 1, 1929. Public Domain / Underwood & Underwood / Wikimedia Commons / Special to The Forum
Walter Liggett was a reporter for the Journal and Daily News in Minneapolis and the St. Paul Pioneer Press, prior to 1908 when he worked as a reporter for the Fargo Forum (now The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead). He then edited newspapers in Alaska and the state of Washington and, in 1918, returned to North Dakota to edit the Fargo Courier News and then briefly served as editor of Bismarck’s Capital Daily.
Liggett spent the next 16 years working for various agencies, writing articles for major publications, and editing newspapers in New York City and Minnesota. In 1935, he founded the Mid-Western American newspaper in Minneapolis, which featured several stories about organized crime headed by Kid Cann, who had links to Minnesota Gov. Floyd Olson. Later that year, Liggett was gunned down by a man Mrs. Liggett and a neighbor lady positively identified as Cann, but he was a
SFAâs Vischer, Kensmil pick up Southland Student Athlete of the Year honors Stephanie Vischer (SFA Athletics) (Source: SFA Athletics) By Caleb Beames | March 31, 2021 at 6:34 PM CDT - Updated March 31 at 10:48 PM
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Stephanie Vischer and Gavin Kensmil both picked up top academic honors by the Southland Conference this week.
Vischer was named the Student Athlete of the Year for womenâs basketball, while Kensmil grabbed the honor on the menâs side. Cameron Johnson also earned second team all-academic honors.
Below are the releases from the SFA Athletic Department:
Stephanie Visscher has been named the Southland Conference Womenâs Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year for the 2020-21 season, per the conference office.
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