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...Wayne Woodlief, a Nieman Fellow concluding a year at Harvard, is a general assignment reporter for the Norfolk, Va. Ledger-Star. His assignments reporter for the Norfolk, Va. Ledger-Star. His assignments have included race relations and politics. He has followed the Virginia senatorial campaign through newspapers from his state and correspondence with politicians...
...lone blot on the Crimson freshmen's ledger is a 5-4 defeat at Andover in rain and hall...
...Close to Criticize. Exasperated at not being able to get to see Governor Paul Johnson, Los Angeles Times Reporter Jack Nelson asked the Clarion-Ledger's political reporter Charles Hills why he didn't raise some "hell" with the Governor. "Oh, no," replied Hills, "I worked so hard for him in the campaign I can't afford to criticize...
Unabashed Boosterism. Many Southern papers now cover local racial news with considerable accuracy and balance. The Jackson papers, which were founded in the 1800s, have not changed their attitude in half a century. Bob Hederman, who publishes both papers, and his cousin Tom Hederman, who edits the Clarion-Ledger, are descendants of the powerful Jackson family thai bought the Clarion-Ledger in 1920, took over the Daily News in 1954, and has always quickly crunched any competition. The Hedermans also own the Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, a sizable chunk of local real estate and an interest in TV and radio...
...addition to championing segregation, the two Jackson papers practice a boosterism that would make a Bab bitt blush. The Clarion-Ledger regularly runs a Page One color photo of a local maiden or matron gushing something like "It is patio time again." The Daily News runs a front-page cartoon of a donkey named Hinny who brays verse on behalf of some local cause: "It's the first night for football in the high schools of the state/ And ol' Hinny hopes each one'll win its game-won't that be great...