March 2000 |
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Get Big or Get Out
Size matters in cyberspace. That fact, and the advent of faster, smoother Internet access, are fueling the recent wave of alliances of big media players.
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By Alicia C. Shepard
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The Dotcom Brain Drain
Print journalists are heeding the siren song of the Internet.
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By Paul Farhi
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Riding High
In November 1994, AJR reported on Editor Sandra Mims Rowe's ambitious plans for transforming Portland's Oregonian. A second look reveals a reinvigorated newspaper with a penchant for world-class enterprise reporting.
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By Mark Lisheron
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Evaluating The Toolbox
The public journalism movement has had a major impact on the way some news organizations approach election coverage. Which techniques have proven successful?
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By Philip Meyer
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The Authenticity Beat
To the news media, the way presidential candidates interact with them has become an important tool for assessing character.
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By Craig Gilbert
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The Search for Judy from Moody
Pursuing rumors about candidates' pasts can be tedious and unrewarding.
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By Pete Slover
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After the Wall
Communication between newspapers' editorial and business sides is far more prevalent than in the past. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
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By Don Campbell
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A Conspiracy of Silence?
The news media gave low-key coverage to a civil jury's finding that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been killed in a government plot--perhaps for good reason.
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By Ruben Castaneda
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Beyond the Formula
Fire victims’ harrowing tales can be more compelling than just the facts.
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By John Lenger
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Speed Melted the News, and Me
With virtual events, we had to get
to virtual news.
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By Reese Cleghorn
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Playing Too Much Defense
Candidates should open themselves up to the news media and the public.
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By Rem Rieder
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Attack of the Killer Ads
Obnoxious, intrusive advertising is a growing problem on the Internet.
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By Barb Palser
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A Marriage Made in Cyberspace
Will AOL Time Warner be the prototype 21st-century new-media company?
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By Douglas Gomery
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A Missed Opportunity
The Supreme Court backs away from a chance to clarify when national security trumps a FOIA request.
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By Jane Kirtley
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Targeting a Captive Audience
Mass transit passengers receive free copies of Philadelphia’s new daily.
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By John Morton
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Close the Records or Lose the Money
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By Kelly Heyboer
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Photographers Find Strength in Numbers
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By Suzan Revah
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AJR Asks
What words or phrases are you most proud of working into a story?
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By AJR Staff
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www.public-i.org
The Center for Public Integrity is beefing up its Web site, The Public i.
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By Kimberly Marselas
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Too Good to Omit
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By Lori Robertson
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Rivalry Aside...
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By Jon Marcus
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We’ll Just Do It Ourselves
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By Bonnie Bressers
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Germans Cash In
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By Carter Dougherty
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Artful Snippets on a Somewhat Noble Profession
Crusaders, Scoundrels, Journalists:
The Newseum’s Most Intriguing Newspeople
Edited by Eric Newton
Times Books
399 pages; $35
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Book review by Carl Sessions Stepp
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Brief Tenure, Sudden Exit
After eight months as executive editor of the Daily Oklahoman, Stan Tiner is out of a job.
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By Lori Robertson
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A True Leader
Lee Hills was the quintessential newspaperman, and it’s memories of those qualities that the journalist, who died February 3 of congestive heart failure, leaves behind.
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By Lori Robertson
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Shock Jock Slander?
A slander suit filed by a Blade staff writer in Toledo charges a WVKS
radio host with making defamatory statements.
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By Unknown
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Same Differences
Citing the familiar refrain of "differences with the
publisher," Steven A. Smith resigns as editor of the Gazette in
Colorado Springs.
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By Unknown
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The Forecast: Way Cool
A cool front is sweeping across the Weather Channel, bringing more
live coverage, a new set and funkier graphics.
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By Unknown
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Listening to the Listener
After 23 years at the Washington Post and 12 in television, Juan
Williams is ready for a full-time gig in radio.
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By Unknown
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Giving Up Food
When Phyllis C. Richman began reviewing restaurants for the Washington Post in 1976, “we’d never heard of balsamic vinegar, and the top restaurants in town served canned vegetables."
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By Lori Robertson & Carol Guensburg
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Cliché Corner
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By Lori Robertson
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