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In 2007 and 2008, the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors honored Ron's Under the News and The Bayou as the best media blogs at newspapers with under 125,000 circulation. Click through and bookmark it to return often!
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SWINDOLL SERMON:
Radio pastor tells Becky Thomson's tragic story, 4/4/2007
KTWO-RADIO INTERVIEW:
Interview by Bob Price, host of Report to Wyoming, 2/25/2007
BACK TO THE SCENE:
Chicago Sun-Times review of FALL, 1/28/2007
ROOM TO FORGIVE?:
WCBQ/Raleigh interview with Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones, 1/17/2007
READ IT IN DAYLIGHT:
Syndicated review of FALL by Terri Schlichenmeyer, 1/17/2007 (appearing in about 45 papers)
A 'BREATHLESS' FALL:
Denver Rocky Mountain News' review of FALL, 1/12/2007
GRIM REMINDER:
Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press' review of FALL, 1/14/2007
HOTT INTERVIEW:
Hot on the Trail's Web interview about FALL, 1/12/2007
NO PLACE IS SAFE:
San Antonio Express-News review of FALL, 1/7/2007
FINDING MORAL CENTER:
Publishers Weekly review of FALL, 1/1/2007
CRIME'S INDELIBLE STAIN:
BookReporter.com review of FALL, by Barbara Gershenbaum, 1/5/2007
LEGACY OF EVIL:
Denver Post's review of FALL, by Janna Fischer, 12/10/2006
LESSONS LEARNED:
Column by Editor D. Reed Eckhardt, Cheyenne (Wyo.) Tribune-Eagle, 12/6/2006
AFTER THE FALL:
Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, by Barbara Nordby, 12/3/2006
PORTRAIT OF A TRAGEDY:
Laramie Daily Boomerang, by Carrie May, 12/7/2006
KTWO-Radio interview:
Brian Scott Show, Casper WY 11/29/2006
'INFAMOUS CRIME':
Casper Journal, by Wyoma Groenenberg 11/29/2006
FALL review #1:
ReadersRoom.com, by Laura Thornton 10/16/2006
Articles by Ron
PECKERWOOD HILL:
The prison cemetery at Huntsville is an artifact of the death penalty in America. By Ron Franscell (Beaumont Enterprise 3/31/2008)
BIG BOPPER EXHUMATION:
Ron observes the exhumation and autopsy on the remains of 1950s pop star J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, who died with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in a 1959 plane crash in Iowa, by Ron Franscell (Beaumont Enterprise 3/11/2007)
LIFE IN THE CENTERFOLD:
A Southeast Texas Playmate reflects on Anna Nicole and the perils of post-Playmate life, by Ron Franscell (Beaumont Enterprise 2/13/2007)
MOURNING IN AMERICA:
Why we should mourn 9/10 more than 9/11, by Ron Franscell (Beaumont Enterprise 9/10/2006)
STRANGE HEADLINES:
A new book delves deep into the musty archives of Texas newspapers to find some awfully strange stories. by Ron Franscell (Beaumont Enterprise 8/9/2007)
COMEBACK KID:
A moment that proved newspapers matter, by Ron Franscell (Poynter Institute 9/1/2006)
GHOSTS OF THE PAST:
Ghosts of Ellis Island reveal a link to writer's history, by Ron Franscell (Providence Journal 6/4/2006)
STATE OF MIND:
Why are Texans so damn proud to be Texans? By Ron Franscell (Beaumont Enterprise 5/5/2005)
LOST SONGS OF THE BIG BOPPER:
'50s pop star's son and the father he never knew, by Ron Franscell (Beaumont Enterprise 2/2/2005)
BURNING MAN:
In a place where truth is elusive, modern mythology is created every summer on Nevada's Black Rock Desert (Denver Post 9/9/2001)
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