Did San Diego’s Media Fail to Investigate Filner?

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner/Courtesy of U-T San Diego

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner/Courtesy of U-T San Diego

Even before the dust settled on sexual harassment allegations against Mayor Bob Filner, the media and local political leaders were criticized for not warning voters about the mayor’s alleged behavior.
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See who received awards in SPJ’s annual awards competiton

Dozens of San Diego journalists took home plaques and certificates honoring their work of the last year. The chapter also presented for the first time $900 scholarships to three college students, and we honored longtime TV news reporter and anchor Loren Nancarrow as our Journalist of the Year.
More than 200 people showed up at the Bali Hai Thursday evening to pick up their awards and honor Loren.
See below for the winners and judges’ comments. (And pardon the appearance, we had to cut and paste from a spreadsheet).

10News winners show off their awards

10News winners show off their awards


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LGBT panel educates journalists on coverage of gay issues

By Thom Senzee
Late last month, another bit of LGBT history was made, albeit on a more modest level than the overturning of DOMA and Prop. 8 as the San Diego Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists presented their first-ever LGBT media event. I invited and moderated a panel of four experts and activists to speak about LGBT civil rights and LGBT media issues.
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