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  1. @JDuerscherl @mirandaknits Mayo does not play well with moustaches, unless you mean County Mayo, Ireland. 1:48 AM Jun 2nd via Twitter for Android in reply to JDuerscherl
  2. Wounded reporter describes 1942 war hero as "a slim, straight silhouette against the red flashes of the guns…" jheroes.com/2012/05/28/fir… 9:08 AM May 29th via web
  3. Leo Disher, first news reporter to be awarded the Purple Heart, World War II: jheroes.com/2012/05/28/fir… 8:29 PM May 28th via web
  4. @seananmcguire Will students of "journalists in fiction" choose "Feed," "The Truth," "Dragon Tattoo" or all three? radford.edu/~rstepno/460/j… 8:17 AM May 28th via web
  5. "...no man is a hero to a newspaperman... I'm down to I.F. Stone, Curtis Mayfield and Woody Guthrie." -- D Simon baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/o… 10:45 AM May 27th via Tweet Button
  6. Job-creators! RT @truthout: Coal Industry Pays Fake Activists $50 to Wear Pro-Coal Shirts at Public Hearing bit.ly/LqL6J5 8:24 AM May 26th via TweetCaster for Android
  7. Go @alecbaldwin - He tweets: "Don't let New Orleans lose a great newspaper." @SaveThePicayune -- then promotes newspaper reading in general! 8:16 AM May 26th via TweetCaster for Android
  8. Story of heroism that won reporter a medal made pg.11; fascinating to click clip, browse to see pg.1 that day. wp.me/p1fyWS-SR 8:21 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  9. Happy Gemini ( sign of the journalist?) bday to @caroletarrant @kathyluwho @LindseyNair @DwayneYancey @papergirlmacy 7:51 AM May 25th via TweetCaster for Android
  10. In @NewYorker: Steve Coll explains why he's leaving Facebook(istan): nyr.kr/MJNXlb ht @rmack 7:42 AM May 25th via TweetCaster for Android
  11. Update: I've added more about Henry Gorrell to my Soldiers of the Press item, including original war-story clips: jheroes.com/2012/05/24/gor… 5:53 PM May 24th via web
  12. In New York for summer? Unemployed? Tuition money burning a hole in your pocket? Build your reporter resume: journalism.nyu.edu/hyperlocalnews… 2:12 PM May 24th via web
  • Name bob stepno
  • Location Radford, Va.
  • Web http://stepno.wor...
  • Bio mild-mannered reporter turned geeky journalism prof w/ukulele and jheroes.com otr fictional/dramatized journalists podcast
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