March 2003 |
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Ignoring the Alarm
A number of business journalists wrote pieces spotlighting the questionable practices that
would lead to the bursting of
the nation’s longest economic bubble. But even within their own news organizations, their insights were lost in a cacophony of naïve reportage.
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By Charles Layton
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Preparing For War
With time running out in Iraq, journalists underwent hostile-environment training, struggled to get into shape--and debated whether the Pentagon would keep its promises of greater openness during combat.
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By Sherry Ricchiardi
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Howell Much is Too Much?
The New York Times has heavily
covered the refusal of the Augusta National Golf Club to admit women, playing four
stories on the subject on page one. Other news organizations also have weighed in, although few have been as aggressive as the paper
Howell Raines runs. Does a story affecting
only an elite few deserve so much attention,
or is this an equal rights struggle that
belongs in the spotlight?
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By Rachel Smolkin
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Vacancies in Vacaville...
...and at other small papers throughout the country.
Young journalists are increasingly reluctant to
work long hours for low pay in less-than-glamorous
locales. The result: high turnover and empty desks.
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By Tim Porter
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Reading Between the Lines
The fast-growing media literacy movement strives to help
students understand how the mass media do their jobs. The goal
is a citizenry that critically analyzes what it reads, sees and hears.
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By Alina Tugend
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Local TV Eye-opener: Politics Aren’t Poison
Stations discover
that stories about
real people draw
audiences.
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By Dave Iverson & Tom Rosenstiel
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Lost in Space?
The news media haven’t
covered
the shuttle program
very well.
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By Thomas Kunkel
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Both Sides of the Street
Cokie Roberts signs on for government service.
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By Rem Rieder
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You Spell It “internet”...
Web words come of age, prompting debate among style mavens.
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By Barb Palser
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Looking Over Our Shoulders
Anyone who knew Ed Bliss will
be forever trying to live up to his standards.
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By Deborah Potter
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Dangers of a Down-Under Download
Australia's High Court says an Internet story is “published” where it
is read.
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By Jane Kirtley
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Noble Sentiments
Local owners devise ways to keep their newspapers away from the chains.
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By John Morton
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Taking a Walk on Space
Columbia disaster spotlights news organizations' fading interest in
space
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By Kelly Heyboer
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The Protest That Knows No Name
Though some mock them, Guilds increasingly turn to byline strikes
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By Steve Ritea
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Everyone’s a Critic
Charlotte mayor joins ranks of politicians who critique the media
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By Cheryl Johnston
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He Covers Sports, But Who Will Cover Him?
One reporter surprised to find his career a roadblock to getting
insurance
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By Don Walker
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Shortchanging Mayberry
Rural America ignored in the news, a report finds
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By Tamara El-Khoury
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Politics of Competition
Newspapers covering federal goings-on square off in Washington
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By Michael Duck
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Coming Together Over TV
New program aims to connect journalists with people they might not be
covering
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By Kathryn S. Wenner
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A Trove of Courageous Coverage
Reporting Civil Rights
The Library of America
Part One, 996 pages
Part Two, 986 pages
$40 per volume
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Book review by Carl Sessions Stepp
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Choosing a Master
The demands of parenthood prompt Jan Leach to resign as editor of the
Akron Beacon Journal.
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By Lori Robertson
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The Outsider’s Story
The Seattle Times hires Bill Richards, a freelance business reporter, to
cover what may turn out to be the dissolution of the paper's joint
operating agreement with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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By Kathryn S. Wenner
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End of an Era
Louis D. Boccardi says he will retire later this year, after 18 years as
president and CEO of the Associated Press.
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By Kathryn S. Wenner
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Return of the Shamer
Crusading consumer reporter Arnold Diaz leaves ABC's "20/20" to revive
his "Shame on You" feature at WCBS-TV.
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By Kathryn S. Wenner
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Radio Recruit
Bill Delaney, former CNN Boston bureau chief, brings years of overseas
reporting experience to his new gig as cohost of WBUR-FM's midday
newsmagazine.
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By Kathryn S. Wenner
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D.C. People Watcher
Sandra Sobieraj gives up the Associated Press' White House beat to head
People magazine's Washington bureau.
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By Kathryn S. Wenner
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Wright On
MSNBC.com hires its former managing editor, Dean Wright, as its new
editor in chief.
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By Kathryn S. Wenner
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Longer Résumé?
Jim Bellows, an 80-year-old former editor known for the number of jobs
he's held in journalism, advises former Los Angeles mayor Richard
Riordan on launching a weekly newspaper.
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By Kathryn S. Wenner
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Cliché Corner
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By Jill Rosen
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