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Innovative culture chronicler Tom Wolfe lays it on the line. By Karin Fleming ‘09

“It’s just not a dignified occupation on any level,” said journalist Tom Wolfe of his profession. He then compared journalists to “beggars” — always scraping for the piece of information that will feed their story. A reporter, Wolf said, must...

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David Muir ’95 fulfills a dream and offers one in return.

If David Muir looks familiar, it’s probably because you’ve seen him on TV. The anchor of ABC’s World News Saturday and coanchor of Primetime has also reported for World News with Charles...

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The Watergate reporter visits IC just weeks before the identity of the infamous Deep Throat is revealed.   by Erika Spaet ’09

In the 1970s United States politics—indeed, the whole society—was rocked by the Nixon administration’s Watergate scandal. Now the country is still under the shadows of the...

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Glenn Beck producer Evan Cutler '86 has found success merging journalism with comedy.
by Tamar Morad

Ask Evan Cutler ’86 what he does for a living, and he answers, “I’m a journalist—well, kind of.”

He’s written for top magazines, was on the original staff at MSNBC,...

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Few English-language journalists are as intimate with contemporary Middle Eastern issues as Robert Fisk. Ithaca College was fortunate to have the widely respected author as its Park Distinguished Visitor Series guest this spring.

Fisk, who lives in Lebanon and has covered the region for 31 years, is currently the Middle East correspondent for the British newspaper the...

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