Sunday, May 18, 2008

Scholarship available for students to attend Nonfiction Conference

Ten students will receive scholarships to attend the 4th Annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest, presented by the University of North Texas Mayborn Graduate School of Journalism. The conference is offering The Dallas Morning News scholarships to five high school or college minority students. Five general scholarships open to all high school or college students will also be awarded. The application deadline is June 13.  

The conference will be July 18-20 (Friday-Sunday) at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, 1800 Highway 26 East, in Grapevine, Texas (five minutes from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport). Pulitzer Prize winner N. Scott Momaday is the keynote speaker and will be joined by National Book Award winner Bob Shacochis and “River of Doubt” author Candice Millard, among others.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Azteca TV 26 finally comes to some DFW Satellite subscribers

Direct TV owners can finally watch Azteca TV like their Time Warner/Charter Cable friends. DIRECTV, Inc. has added KODF-26, Azteca America, to the Dallas-Ft. Worth local broadcast channel lineup. No such luck for DishTV, Verizon Fios nor AT&T U-Verse fiber optic owners.

Azteca America’s Spanish-language includes worldwide soccer highlight coverage, newscasts from Mexico, highly popular novelas and professional Mexican League Soccer matches.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

REBECCA AGUILAR SPEAKS ON KRLD TALK SHOW

Former Fox 4 Reporter Rebecca Aguilar was a guest on KRLD 1080's Ernie and Jay midday show to discuss the circumstances surrounding her dismissal from Fox 4. During the show, she disclosed details that she says led Fox 4 discriminately fired her. During the show, several callers voiced their support for Aguilar, who at the moment has not received any job offers. Listen to the audio/podcast here.