Heidi Russell, Journalist

Life and times of a 20-year veteran of news reporting, news editing & AP wire service

Saturday, November 18, 2017

A Year Later, A New Career

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Thanksgiving weekend, 2016. I was reeling from the Presidential election result, and not only because I was worried about the future of t...
Sunday, October 15, 2017

The "Harvey Weinsteins" in the News Industry

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While everyone is focused on Hollywood turning its blind eye to the Harvey Weinstein saga, many wonder why it took so long for the story to...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

The "Anonymous Source" Game

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I've seen a lot of people on Twitter fussing and fuming about the "anonymous sources" cited in Washington Post and New York T...
Thursday, March 16, 2017

CYA in Trump's "Dishonest Media" Climate

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So when I was a sprightly, ruddy-faced child out of college, my late father imparted some wisdom that has governed my career. And to paint ...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

A Response to Trump's "Dishonest Media" Charge

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For months, I have largely kept silent while Donald J. Trump has maligned my profession and my colleagues as, quote, "the dishonest me...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Telling the Truth in a Trump World

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Twenty-two hours ago (at the time of this writing), President-Elect Donald Trump tweeted something that has been nagging at me as a journal...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Why I Won't Write Political Stories Anytime Soon

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Dial back in time to 1996. Bill Clinton was running for his second term, and I ... I was second-guessing a decision I'd made as a cub...
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For a dozen years, I worked for four newspapers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina, plus The Associated Press, before breaking out on my own as a freelancer a decade ago.
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