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A.J. Liebling: A master craftsman
Miss Spinner goes to Baghdad in
‘Tell Them I Didn’t Cry’
BY RICHARD J. LEVINE
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REPORTING
— Jackie
Spinner sits
in a Baghdad
bunker. When
questioned why
she went to
Iraq, she said,
“ ... because I
am a journalist:
we drive into
hurricanes,
not away from
them. We
chase the very
elements of
life that most
people try to
avoid.”
Anne Whitt
is a 1997-98 Dow
Jones Special
Recognition
Adviser, 1999
Florida Journalism
Teacher of the
Year and 2000
Distinguished
Adviser in JEA’s
National Yearbook
Adviser of the Year
competition. In
2002 NSPA and
JEA named her a
Pioneer. In 2006
Florida Scholastic
Press Association
gave her its
Medallion. Her
column, “Whitt
and Wisdom,” may
be read without
membership at
www.Walsworth.
com. Go to
Resources and
then Columns.
With her family
she also produces
a community
publication. Whitt
can be reached at
AWhitt1013@aol.
com.
Footnotes:Tales & Traditions of the Press
by Anne Whitt
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