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Showing posts with label 20180628 Gazette murders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 20180628 Gazette murders. Show all posts

Monday, July 09, 2018

Gerald Fischman remembered by former Carroll County Times writers


Gerald Fischman remembered by former Carroll County Times writers

Many folks who worked at the Carroll County Times in the 1980s with Gerald Fischman attended his funeral service on Sunday, July 8, 2018.

Writers such as Doug Tallman, Peter Khoury, Debbie Funk, Dennis McCafferty, and Lloyd Batzler.

Tallman wrote for the paper from 1985-87. Tallman now writes for Montgomery Community Media. Khoury was a cops, courts, and crime reporter from 1986-88. He now writes with the New York Times. Funk wrote for the paper from 1985-87. McCafferty was with the paper from 1986-88. McCafferty was with the Carroll County Times from 1986-88. He later moved on the Atlanta Journal Constitution and is presently vice president of content at Welz & Weisel Communications.

Gerald Fischman funeral service - Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun: Olney, MD - 07/08/18 -- Mourners, including many current and former Capital Gazette colleagues of slain editor Gerald Fischman, walk to the graveside after the chapel service at Judean Memorial Gardens. Gerald Fischman was one of five staffers killed in a mass shooting at the Capital office in Annapolis on June 28


https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/posts/10214272033808332

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Time Flies Dayhoff: In the aftermath of the Gazette murders, we must do better


Time Flies Dayhoff: In the aftermath of yet another mass murder, we must do better by Kevin Dayhoff July 4, 2018

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The world of journalism is a small world. In one way or another, we all know each other. Of the five, Gerald Fischman had a local connection. He was an editorial page editor for the Carroll County Times in the 1980s. He worked at the paper with several good friends.

One of those friends got in touch as the events unfolded and reminded me that he covered my work in the community in those days. I certainly did not know him well, but knowing him put a face on this tragedy. I worked on several environmental initiatives in the 1980s for county and state government.

In his capacity as a reporter and an editorial writer, he covered my work. He was a good guy who always got it right. Some of the initiatives that I worked on in those days were not really popular. Some of the public hearings and letters to the editor were difficult, but Mr. Fischman was always fair, meticulous, patient, and accessible – if not indeed supportive.




Find it here on the Carroll County Times Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cctnews/posts/10156744145357018. Many of my critics are amateurs compared to some of these trolls. 
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Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Even heartfelt, thoughtful commentary on the Gazette murders gets harassment by trolls.


Even heartfelt, thoughtful commentary on the Gazette murders gets harassment by trolls.
 
July 2, 2018

Okay – so you want to know what it is like to be a journalist these days? Read the comments on Carroll County Times Editor Wayne Carter’s poignant editorial, “Carter: My worst nightmare realized in Annapolis,” posted on Facebook Monday, July 2, 2018. https://www.facebook.com/cctnews/posts/10156731217172018

You simply cannot make this stuff up.

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“Commentary Carter: My worst nightmare realized in Annapolis” by Wayne Carter July 1, 2018 http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/opinion/columnists/cc-op-carter-20180629-story.html

It’s been my worst nightmare since my earliest days as a journalist: Someone, for whatever reason, takes exception to something you’ve written and decides to violently take it out on you, your co-workers, or your family.



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