Paul Bedard reports in U.S. News and World Report that the Washington Times is starting to refill its newsroom.

Washington Times Starts Comeback, Hiring

"We are moving forward," says Managing Editor Chris Dolan, himself buoyed with a new contract. "We're starting a two-month push to hire up to 50 people," he adds. Dolan says the initial hiring focus will be on editors for the sports, arts, and metro sections which were eliminated about two years ago when the paper shifted to covering politics and international affairs.

Mallard Fillmore -- a comic strip by Bruce Tinsley -- is looking at a blog entry by a member of the SPJ Diversity Committee on the use of the term "illegal aliens" when discussing undocumented workers.

Mallard Fillmore, January 18, 2011

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Take a look how a BBC reporter started out with a small shop in Washington's Chinatown as the hook for a much larger story about global economics and diplomacy.

China President Hu Jintao set to visit Barack Obama in US

And there is my tirade about the quality of U.S. reporting on this issue at China-USA trade and economies — The BBC gets it

Mark Mardell of the BBC shows how to take a complicated issue -- U.S.-China relations -- and make it more comprehensible by breaking it down to points people understand. And he does it without talking down to the viewer. Read more »

Thanks to chapter member Max Cacas for pointing out this story: Brenda Starr faces her final deadline

It has been a fun ride.

See the past strips at GoComics.

Brenda Starr gives advice to a new reporter.