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Two papers by authors from the School of Journalism took top paper awards at the Southeast Colloquium, a regional conference affiliated with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Mississippi in Oxford March 19-21.

"The Circle Game: The Journalist’s Privilege Evolves to Aid Bloggers and — Journalists?" co-authored by associate professor Anthony Fargo and doctoral student Jason Martin, was the second place faculty paper in the Law and Policy Division.

Fargo’s paper "The Dark Side of Discretion: Should Legislation Curb Judges’ Powers in Journalist’s Privilege Cases?" was the third place faculty paper in Law and Policy. Fargo also was a moderator and discussant for a Law and Policy Division paper session.

Martin also presented a Newspaper Division paper, "Strange Bedfellows: Coverage of Sex in American Broadsheet and Tabloid Newspapers." Doctoral student Gerry Lanosga presented a paper in the History Division, "`God Help Our Democracy:’ Investigative Reporting in America, 1946-1960."

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