Warren was named the top newsmaker of the year for 2009 by the Religion Newswriters Association.

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The live web-streaming of a newsmaker lessens the need to explain a low physical turn out.

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At the end of the day, media content providers serves as a middleman between the newsmaker and news consumer.

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Most importantly, we are there for the client who may not understand the nuances of the dance between the newsmaker and journalist.

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Though Mahathir may well have made a martyr out of his former protege, 51-year-old Anwar, no one drove the news with such ferocity this year as Dr. M--and that makes him Asia's Newsmaker of 1998.

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