Josh Rushing -- who viewers of the documentary Control Room might remember as the fresh-faced, open-minded, team-playerish media relations officer for U.S. Central Command in Doha, Qatar -- has taken a job with Al-Jazeera International.

Richard Gizbert and ABC News are duking it out in a London tribunal. He claims he was sacked for refusing work in Iraq. ABC News said it was budget considerations.

The scoop at Media Guardian (reg. req'd).

Here's an earlier posting.

John Gushue, who gets up at least 1.5 hours earlier than I do (living in Newfoundland and all), has already compiled an excellent roundup of lockout news.

Go visit him. Stop bugging me.

This Toronto Star story looks at the gas panic (one I may have contributed to through this space) that erupted here Thursday evening.

The Houston Chronicle invited local bloggers to contribute dispatches about then-approaching hurricane Rita to a blog -- without editorial intervention -- plus another blog for its staff.

The rest of this AP article talks about how technology was used in other ways to enhance the online journalism experience. An excerpt: