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Deborah Potter

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Wiley Online Library, PBS, Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe New Mexican
Covers:  media, faith, ethics, religion, journalism
I teach & tweet about journalism. Former CBS, CNN. Co-author, Advancing the Story. Founder, NewsLab. Sometimes I tweet about sports. #TarHeel

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I cover media trends for NewsLab and American Journalism Review. I'm also a contributing correspondent for Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on PBS. Spent 16 years as a correspondent for CBS News and CNN. Now spend a lot of my time training journalists for the world of multimedia.

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Hashtag conversations on local TV news

Hashtag conversations on local TV news

This isn't a new idea, but it's remarkably successful and so, worth revisiting. Local television stations tha…

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Life of Pi

Life of Pi

Is the new movie "Life of Pi" aimed at helping audiences find God? No, says director Ang Lee, but it took a l…

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Celebrities Covering News

Celebrities Covering News

Let's be honest. some people have been hired by TV news divisions because they're celebrities, and no one sho…

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How social media spreads journalism

How social media spreads journalism

What does social media have to do with journalism? Everything, says Bea Chang, social media manager at KARE-T…

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Parish Nurses

Parish Nurses

Parish nursing is one of the fastest growing specialty practices recognized by the American Nurses Associatio…

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For journalists, almost nothing is just personal

For journalists, almost nothing is just personal

Here we go again. Two more journalists have learned lessons the hard way. If they thought their personal live…

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OPINION: BernCo defended Constitution and separation of powers

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By Deborah Potter
| Albuquerque Journal Verified
New Mexico made history last month. The Bernalillo County Commission debated and approved the resolution titled, “Defending our U.S. Constitution and Separation of Powers.” I was there as the first person to speak on its behalf, important to me because the citizens of Bernalillo County are being hurt by unconstitutional orders, illegal actions or willful misdeeds of the executive branch.
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Advice for assignment managers

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By Joe Enea, Deborah Potter, Ji Hoon Heo, Iveta Imre
| newslab.org
by Joe Enea All stations have about the same equipment and physical resources. What makes one station different from the rest? The people working there. Chemistry among the team is important in this business. Dealing with people under pressure with major time constraints is sometimes difficult. It’s amazing how different people can become once the pressure is on. How you handle these professionals will go a long way between being adequate and being the best.
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Remembering an icon - and my aunt

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By Deborah Potter
| Santa Fe New Mexican Verified
I never put her on a pedestal. To the film world, she was Olivia de Havilland, the last great star of cinema’s golden era. She died in Paris on July 26 at the age of 104. To me, she was Aunt Olivia, my mother’s sister. That “Aunt” name amused her when I grew to be older than the president. Extending to William the Conqueror, the de Havilland lineage was extremely important to her, more than it was to my mother, Joan Fontaine, another film industry legend.
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