March 1998 |
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A Scandal Unfolds
A behind-the-scenes look at the repforting that triggered the most serious crisis of the Clinton
presidency.
Part One
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By
Alicia C. Shepard
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In the Midst Of the Whirlwind
How jounalists scrambled to chase the Clinton-Lewinsky story.
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By
Sinéad OBrien
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Standards Are the First Casualty
Once again coverage of a mega-story was dominated by rumor, innuendo, undersourced stories and snap judgements. Isn't there some way to break this pattern?
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By
Sherry Ricchiardi
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The Intervention Dilemma
A powerful Los Angeles Times series on the mistreatment of children by their drug-addicted parents spotlights an ethical quandary : When should journalists shed their observer status and go for help?
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By
Susan Paterno
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Pat Robertson's J-School
Regent University wants to train Christian journalists to counteract liberal media domination. But after completing the curriculum at the Virginia campus, many students conclude journalism is simply no place for a Christian.
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By
Marc Fisher
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What It Was, Was News
But when the Congressional Budget Office announced that the federal budget had been balanced at last, many newspapers didn't seem to think so.
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By
Thomas Kunkel
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The News: It May Never Be The Same
The flashfire coverage of Clinton moves us into a new era.
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By
Reese Cleghorn
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We Gotta Get Out of This Place
There must be some alternative to jettisoning standards every time a mega-story comes along.
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By
Rem Rieder
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Radio's Hot, and So Is Thomas Hicks
The little- known mogul and his partners own five or more stations in seven big markets.
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By
Douglas Gomery
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A Great Way to Strengthen Bonds
Online news publications should take better advantage of the Net's interactivity.
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By
J.D. Lasica
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If You Upset Me, I'll Pull My Ads
Miami's mayor is hardly the first official unhappy with coverage to make such a threat.
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By
Jane Kirtley
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Newsprint Prices: Rising Again?
If they do, it will mean slower profit growth for newspapers.
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By
John Morton
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From Woodbury, New Jersey, to Prime Time
The meteoric rise of newspaper magnate William Dean Singleton.
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By
Lori Robertson
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Gravegate: "Scandal" Before THE Scandal
How the media covered allegations that the Clinton White House was securing plots in Arlington National Cemetary of big Democratic donors.
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By
Kelly Heyboer
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Officially Speaking
How many named names were among the dozens of sources in this 3,400-word article? Officially? Four.
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By
Jeff Gillenkirk
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Monitoring Web Users' Whims at CSMonitor
The Christian Science Monitor's Web site asks its readers what they want to see on the site.
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By
Dianne Lynch
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Clinton-O-Rama
A Lewinsky Lexicon
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By
Debra Puchalla
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Marvelous Mini-biographies of Journalists
American Journalists:
Getting the Story
By Donald A. Ritchie
Oxford University Press
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Book review by
Carl Sessions Stepp
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Miami Vice
A Miami Herald editor opening the mail has a surprise encounter with a cache of cocaine.
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By
Alicia C. Shepard
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Billings Bound
New Republic Publisher Joan Stapleton marries the mayor of Billings, Montana.
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By
Debra Puchalla
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In the "Public Eye"
Derek McGinty leaves NPR to join CBS' "Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel."
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By
Bridget Gutierrez
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Bylines
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By
Debra Puchalla
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Cliché Corner
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