Results tagged “journalists”

Good morning, Houston. Are you sick of hearing about the iPhone? So are we. Some people are wondering if the iPhone will be able to live up to all the hype its been getting, and we can't imagine that any phone could unless it also serves as, say, a teleporting device. Let's just get to the news: >> Missing Polka King: Friends and fans grew concerned when Bobby Jones, billed as Wharton County's "Polka... more ›

Houston City Council Member M.J. Khan of District F will be traveling to Doha, Qatar April 6-13 as a representative of the State Department's Speaker and Specialist Program. Council Member Khan will be meeting with local businessman, dignitaries, academics, students, and politicians from the region. During these visits, he will discuss topics ranging from Houston council business to the American political process and living as a Muslim in the United States. He will visit students at some of the local universities and schools including Qatar University and the Texas A&M University Campus in Doha. He will also visit with the Central Municipal Council, Pakistani Youth Society, and Qatar Businessmen’s Association. more ›

Prosecutor John Hueston pressed ex-Enron Chairman Ken Lay yesterday on his allegation that short sellers and financial journalists brought about Enron's collapse, pointing out that Lay's son Mark was one of the people short-selling Enron stock in 2001. Hueston said Mark Lay made more than $166,000 by betting Enron's stock prices would fall. more ›

Former Enron Chairman Ken Lay continued spinning his story of innocence at his trial yesterday, maintaining that Enron's collapse was the fault of ex-CFO Andy Fastow, short sellers and the financial journalists at The Wall Street Journal. Lay stressed that be believed Enron was doing just fine, which means he couldn't possibly have been lying to people when he told them things were OK at the company even as it was sliding toward corporate doom... more ›

A couple of years after Texas A&M announced it would dissolve its journalism department, the university said today it will reinstate the program. It's A&M's version of that endearing '80s trick — you know, "We're gonna do away with journalism. Psyche!" (Or is it "syke?" See, this is why we need more journalists.) A&M was criticized in 2004 for eliminating its journalism program, a move it said was the result of budget cuts, high enrollment... more ›

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution takes a look today at civic damage control during the Enron trial — and Houston's boosters are trying really hard to make sure out-of-towners don't think the city is all about greed and scandal. more ›

A week after The Dallas Morning News named Houston its "Texan of the Year" for the city's treatment of hurricane evacuees, Dallasites spoke out about the choice in the DMN's letters to the editor. And they liked it! The letter writers called Houston "an inspiring example of civic leadership" and lauded the paper's editorial board for "choosing a city of worth instead of a sports or entertainment figure." Even Mayor Bill wrote in, saying "it's... more ›