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News Lite
Network newscasts are turning away from traditional hard news in favor of entertainment, tabloid topics and news you can use. Is this an abdication of an important agenda-setting role, a desperate strategy for survival--or both?
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By James McCartney
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Family Values
Newsrooms, notorious for their long hours and demanding schedules, are finding ways to make life more manageable for journalists with children via job-sharing, on-site day care and telecom-muting. But some are more family-friendly than others.
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By Chris Harvey
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Fade to Black
When it comes to managing the news and keeping the press in the dark, the movie industry is in a league of its own.
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By Sharon Waxman
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Extra Credit
The saga of four jailed Chicago men cleared of murder charges by a crusading professor and three female students made great copy. Far less attention was paid to the question of how the men could have been convicted and why they had to languish in prison for nearly two decades.
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By Alicia C. Shepard
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Readers, Editors Diverge On Ethics
A Charlotte experiment gives us something to think about.
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By Reese Cleghorn
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The Lessons of "Dark Alliance"
An editor makes the best of a bad situation by taking responsibility for what went wrong.
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By Rem Rieder
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Covering The Routine For TV Stations
MVN provides video of accidents, fires and ribbon-cuttings for five Houston outlets.
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By Lou Prato
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Time to Freshen Up Online Newspapers
Breaking news, not just recycled stories from the print product, will be essential.
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By J.D. Lasica
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Hiding the Identity of Potential Jurors
When do privacy concerns override the right to know?
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By Jane Kirtley
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In Praise of Young Guns
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By Rem Rieder
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Well, At Least They Like The Ads
A new survey shows newspaper readers think more highly of the advertising than the news coverage.
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By John Morton
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Publishing Despite Hell and High Water
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By Carolyn Melago
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"I Thought the Pope Had Died"
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By Kathy Kiely
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Pulitzer Prizes for Online Journalism?
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By Ernest Sander
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Everyone's a Journalist
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By Massie Ritsch
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Memo to Writers: Don't Whine, Just Write
The Writer's Home Companion:
An Anthology of the World's
Best Writing Advice, from Keats
to Kunitz
Edited by Joan Bolker
Henry Holt
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Book review by Carl Sessions Stepp
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Spring Backward
WMAQ's Carol Marin resigns in protest of the station's hiring
of Jerry Springer
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By Suzan Revah
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You're So Money
L.A. Times staffers complain about the paper's salary and raise policies
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A Premature Obit
The San Francisco Examiner celebrates its continuing publication
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On the Infobahn
Online content from Salon magazine will be syndicated to newspapers
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Now He Is the Hype
Rapper Chuck D. joins the Fox News Channel
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Cliché corner
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By Suzan Revah
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