Category Archives: Journalism

The High School Adventures of Luke Ford & Shannon Anderson

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Luke Ford

Shannon was my best friend at Placer High School (which I attended from September of 1982 until graduation in June 1984). Anderson was a starting forward for the school’s basketball team. I was the editor of my school’s newspaper, the … Continue reading →

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‘The Atlantic’ Attempts A New York Party, Bombs

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Luke Ford

From Gawker: Last night, the D.C.-based Atlantic magazine celebrated 150 years of thought at the Kimmel Center Loading Dock at N.Y.U. In a striking display of awful judgment, the VIPs (Arianna Huffington, Moby, the Mayor) were allowed (forced) to mingle … Continue reading →

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‘Luke, If I have to sue you I will…’

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Luke Ford

As a journalist, you are constantly dealing with obnoxious people by turning the other cheek. Because you want something from them, such as an interview, you put up with their insults and put-downs and countless annoying tics. Then the time … Continue reading →

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RiShawn Biddle Fired From The Indianapolis Star

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Luke Ford

I knew RiShawn when he lived in Los Angeles and interviewed him Feb. 25, 2003. I once wrote that he was the only darkie in a room of pale faces (at a panel at AFI). He reproved me for the … Continue reading →

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Saving Justin Berry

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Luke Ford

David France writes in New York magazine: Times business reporter Kurt Eichenwald thought he was doing a noble thing by rescuing a teen from the Internet sex trade. He didn’t know how much it would cost him. In his remarkable … Continue reading →

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