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TNG-CWA Freedom Award Fund Honors Journalism's Best

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June 1, 2003
A professor and students whose work has freed wrongly convicted death row inmates in Illinois, a Sacramento reporter who chronicled a tidy neighborhood's collapse into a dangerous slum and two exceptional student writers were honored in May with The Newspaper Guild-CWA's top awards for journalistic

Fearless' Boston Globe War Reporter Dies in Iraq

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June 1, 2003
Elizabeth Neuffer, a veteran war correspondent and member of the Boston Newspaper Guild known for her bravery, impassioned pursuit of human rights abuses and eloquent writing, died in a car accident in Iraq on May 9.

Musical Ministry Hopes to Help Children with HIV/AIDS

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June 1, 2003
In a time of job loss, orange alerts, war and other stresses and fears, Claude Cummings and three talented friends are hoping their "ministry through song" brings some comfort - as well as some much-needed dollars to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

NACTEL Distance Learning Fits Members' Working Family Lifestyles

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June 1, 2003
Local 2109 member Shannon Ray Peterson balances parenting an 11-year-old with his duties as a Verizon systems technician, and spends several hours a day commuting. A single parent, he hoped for a better job closer to home but knew he needed a college degree.