Talk:Beth Fertig

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Contested deletion

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because...

She is a nationally known journalist and author, working at one of the largest public radio stations in the USA and frequently heard nationally on NPR. She has won A Murrow award, a duPont award, and many others. She's been published or quoted in CNN, USA Today, New York Times, etc. She's written a book.

Although not in the article (yet - maybe not ever), her reporting on the fall of the trade towers on 9/11 has fueled the 911-truthers who claim - well, I'm not sure exactly what they claim, but they cite her reportage a lot. She has disavowed their interpretations.

See http://rethink911.org/evidence/twin-towers/eyewitness-accounts-twin-towers/ for an example.

Obviously, we'd need to treat this carefully, if at all.

Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:NPR_personalities i don't think it's a stretch at all to include her. I know, "Other stuff exists" is not a good argument, but her name really does belong alongside the others based on hr prominence as a correspondent for NPR. Mr. Swordfish (talk) 21:31, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because Fertig is a noted reporter, who has not only written much on the subject of education, but has been written about, e.g. here:

Sylvester, Judith L.; Huffman, Suzanne (2002), "Beth Fertig, NYC Radio, New York City", Women Journalists at Ground Zero: Covering Crisis, Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 17–19 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
White, Ted (2005), "Women journalists at ground zero", Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing, Taylor & Francis, p. 544 {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
Izar, Ralph; Perkins, Jay (2011), Lessons from Ground Zero: Media Response to Terror, Transaction Publishers, p. 156 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

Sincerely, User:HopsonRoad 21:58, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Listing in Articles for Deletion

Since the speedy deletion tag was removed, it has now been nominated in Articles For Deletion (AFD) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Beth_Fertig#Beth_Fertig

Comments welcome.

Mr. Swordfish (talk) 20:49, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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