October 2004 - Page 14 of 19

The Press fills in where the Chron falls down

October 9, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Houston Chronicle dropped the ball earlier this week regarding complaints made by Barbara Davis, a former supporter of Ted Poe who has turned on the Congressional candidate and former judge. Davis, who has largely

Dallas recruits Houston for police officers

October 8, 2004 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Jason Whitely reports that the Dallas Police Department is aggressively recruiting Houston for new officers: Houston and surrounding counties could be losing more police officers and potential new recruits because of an aggressive effort

Mayor White comes out for smoking ban

October 8, 2004 Kevin Whited

Ron Nissimov reports that Mayor White has endorsed a more moderate version of the smoking ban that has been supported by council member Shelley Sekula-Gibbs: Houston restaurants may soon be smoke-free. Mayor Bill White announced

Harris County's version of eBay

October 8, 2004 Anne Linehan

This looks interesting: Harris County has an online program for bargain-hunters: The county purchasing office runs a 24-hour Internet auction featuring the county’s used and surplus office furniture and computers, jewelry and items confiscated by

Noise study planned for Bush Intercontinental

October 8, 2004 Anne Linehan

Residents who live close to George Bush Intercontinental Airport have succeeded in getting airport officials to agree to a noise study: Airport manager Tom Bartlett and Rick Barrett, senior project manager for noise compliance, discussed

The dead zone

October 8, 2004 Anne Linehan

The “dead zone” is in the news, and I’m not talking about the USA Network show. This AP story in the Chronicle, says the zone, an oxygen-depleted area in the Gulf of Mexico off the

Food and drink (10-07-2004 roundup)

October 7, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s online food/drink section is a little thin this week, with nothing new posted from critic Alison Cook. Dai Huynh interviews Jeff Armstrong, executive chef for 17 restaurant in the Sam Houston Hotel. And

Vacation blogging

October 7, 2004 Anne Linehan

blogHOUSTON promises never to post vacation blogging that is complete and utter gibberish: 1. Insight is even more limited than normal when you’re on vacation, but a lot more fun. At one point today, it

A little problem with dates

October 7, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle may have Jeff Cohen’s style of writing for various interest groups down, but other trifling details of journalism are proving elusive, if recent corrections are any indicator. There’s this one posted on October

Advocacy journalism, Cohen-style

October 7, 2004 Kevin Whited

Owen Courreges calls attention to advocacy journalism posing as news that is brazen even by Chronicle standards: The Rev. Carolyn J. Mobley and her partner, Adrain Bowie, say they consider themselves “thrice blessed” as black,