Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor
Friday, April 22, 2005
Greatest American?
There's been a survey going on for the Discovery Channel, getting Americans to choose their nominee for the Greatest American in history. Now a list of nominees is being finalized. The Greatest American Blog is keeping track. First name that came up when I clicked today: Ray Charles. Other names: Johnny Carson, Laura Bush. Funny thing about this sort of survey: usually only people who've been in the news recently get nominated. It's as if we had no memory. What about Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Jefferson; remember them? Tom Hanks? Oh, come on! The entire list will be discussed in a seven-hour Discovery program this summer. posted by liz at 3:45 PM
Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the
Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the
News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to
the field.
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