Alex Johnson – Journalist at Large

An analog journalist in a digital world

2009 clips

• Lack of computer skills foils many job-seekers

• Desperate for cash, lawmakers hit the bottle

• U.S. delayed telling schools about food recalls

• Obama projects $900 billion to fix health care

• For presidents, talking to kids can be tricky

• Study: Retail health clinics as good as doctor’s office

• Cops, lawmakers send message: Dnt txt & drive

• For class of 2009, degree doesn’t mean a job

• Cash for Clunkers throws some into reverse

• Funny money no laughing matter in recession

• ‘Cash for clunkers’ uncertainty squeezes dealers

• Proposed smoking ban angers some in military

• Some 911 centers can’t keep tabs on cell phones

• Turnover turmoil buffets air-control system

• Pro-English measures being revived across U.S.

• Hybrid vehicles’ silence seen as posing peril

• Galveston still hurting from hurricane’s beating

• Budget crises swamp state after state

• Circus elephants in the legal spotlight

• Falling flat-screen TVs a growing threat for kids

• Name game: Too soon for Obama pajamas?

• Authorities seek to crack down on Craigslist

• Pork farmers’ plea: Stay away from our pigs!

• Obama touts ‘New Foundation’ for growth

• Schools walk delicate line in swine flu response

• Economy leaves millions of drivers uninsured

• Modern cattle rustlers update Wild West ways

• Recession squeezes day care from both sides

• In Mexico’s drug wars, fears of a U.S. front | • Video

• Community colleges squeezed from both sides

• DEA to halt medical marijuana raids

• Obama to nation: ‘Day of reckoning has arrived’

• In stimulus plan, how much bang for the buck?

• Stimulus checks scrambling many tax returns

• Smokers burned up over ‘fire-safe cigarettes’

• President Obama makes his way to new office

• 2009 CES: FCC chief: Don’t delay digital TV switch

• 2009 CES: Auto tech takes a big bite from Apple

• 2009 CES: At CES, progress comes a step at a time

• 2009 CES: Low times for high tech as CES opens

Written by Alex

January 22, 2011 at 11:51 am