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It’s no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.

Bob Schaffer

My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
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Canada Children Mother
The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.
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Eyebrows Moscow Pride
I used to be a print reporter.
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Literature Print Used
I can’t think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
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Jobs Literature Thinking
The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.
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Country People Usual War
The revolution has been dubbed “The Orange Revolution,” orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government…
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Color Government Tired
They’ve asked me to do this temporarily. I don’t know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.
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Life Literature Mean
When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, ‘Putt for one hundred dollars’.
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Dollars Inspirational Motivation
And as a result, I guess I’m just kind of a rubberneck. I’m kind of a – someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don’t think journalists are as important as the people they cover.
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Important People Thinking
Well, you know, in any political campaign, you’re gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it’ll hurt the guy on the other side.
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Hurt People Thinking
The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
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Firsts Government Way
Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander’s boss to get that changed.
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Boss Decision Thinking
My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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Cancer People Thinking
The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It’s part of our culture, like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays – beyond their meaning – a factor in our economy.
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Christmas Football Thanksgiving
And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn’t graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
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Two Writing Years
Nowadays I’m not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
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Accounts Newspapers Persons

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