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Collective Amnesia
Then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney's stringent press restrictions and adroit spinning made accurate reporting on the invasion of Panama and the Persian Gulf War virtually impossible, eliciting cries of censorship from the outraged news media. But you'd never know it from coverage of Cheney the vice presidential candidate.
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By Jacqueline E. Sharkey
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Black and White in Color
Thanks to deep, close-to-the-bone reporting, the New York Times' series on race in America offered three-dimensional portraits and remarkable insights into the nation's intractable dilemma. But was the focus too narrow?
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By Keith Woods
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Low-power to the People
Political activists, music buffs and church groups are eagerly pursuing low-power radio licenses that will allow them to reach neighborhoods rather than regions. But commercial stations--and NPR--want Congress to slow down this bandwagon.
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By Marc Fisher
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The Question Man
Investigative reporter John Sawatsky has become a leading authority on the art of the interview. His conclusion: Too often we're asking all the wrong questions.
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By Susan Paterno
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The Jersey Giant
The notion that people don't care about state government news has little currency at Newark's Star-Ledger, which has a 13-member Statehouse bureau. They have plenty of company: Trenton is the home of the nation's second-largest capital press corps.
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By Mary Walton
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Keeping the Heat On
Twenty-five years later, newsroom diversity remains elusive.
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By Thomas Kunkel
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Surviving Reality Television
Does pop culture belong on page one?
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By Rem Rieder
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Getting What You Pay For
Are low salaries driving top prospects away from TV news?
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By Deborah Potter
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Too Hot for the Web
Many news Web sites adhere to the taste standards of their old-media parents.
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By Barb Palser
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Hyper Over Hyperlinks
Must a city provide a link to an arch-critic?
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By Jane Kirtley
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Robust Profits, Sagging Stock Prices
Why is Wall Street punishing newspaper companies?
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By John Morton
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Readers Revolt: Get Mad, Write a 142-page Report
Pennsylvania residents, upset at their local paper, compile a 142-page report outlining their complaints.
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By Natalie Pompilio
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Did Political Columnists Cross the Line?
Did two columnists who blasted Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge have a conflict of interest?
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By Kathryn S. Wenner
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Test Your White House Press Corps IQ!
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By Eric Newton
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A Magazine of Pride
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By Jennifer Dorroh
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Hitching a Story
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By Lori Silverstein
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When to Make the Link
What are the guidelines for when to link to controversial groups mentioned in news stories?
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By Jon Marcus
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Baby, You’re a Star
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By Lori Robertson
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The Never-ending Threat of Repression
New Code Words for Censorship: Modern Labels for Curbs on the Press
Edited by Marilyn J. Greene
World Press Freedom Committee
138 pages; free
(in reasonable quantities)
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Book review by Carl Sessions Stepp
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Haile and Farewell
The Orlando Sentinel's editor steps down.
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By Lori Robertson
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No Interview for You
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources tries to exert more control over one reporter.
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By Jennifer Larson
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Not By Those Rules
Stars & Stripes Executive Editor David B. Offer cries censorship and hands in his resignation after being ordered to kill a story.
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By Lori Robertson
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A Major Investment
The Scripps Howard Foundation pumps money into Hampton
University's journalism program.
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By Lori Robertson
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El Tiempo for Soccer
An English--and a Spanish--language TV station in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area do a deal.
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By Lori Robertson
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Back at the Plate
The Boston Globe is charged with an error after it prematurely retires Will McDonough
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By Lori Robertson
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Recruits and Training
Community Newspaper Company gets more proactive in an effort to attract and keep good journalists.
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By Lori Robertson
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Executive Suite
Chicago Tribune Managing Editor Ann Marie Lipinski gets in line for the editorship at the paper
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By Lori Robertson
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Cliché Corner
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By Lori Robertson
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