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March 1996
Hoodwinked!
The media have failed to pierce campaign myths in election after election. Will the 1996 run for the White House be different?   > read more
By  James McCartney
Team "Nightline"
Defying conventional wisdom, ABC's late night news program succeeds with substance. And it's not all Ted Koppel; CBS refugee Tom Bettag has reenergized the show, and its team approach is a critical element.   > read more
By  Marc Gunther
Baby You Should Drive This CAR
Computer-assisted reporting (CAR) has produced excellent journalism and won fans among high-level newspaper executives and investigative reporters. But some techno-phobic journalists have been slow to embrace it.   > read more
By  Rose Ciotta
Show and Print
Everyone knows that showing or reading a story to a source before it’s published is simply not done. But some journalists argue that ignoring this deeply rooted newsroom tradition can pay big dividends.   > read more
By  Alicia C. Shepard
Electronic Wrongs
It's not fair for publishers to force freelancers to give up the electronic rights to their work.   > read more
By  Bea Tusiani
A Snapshot To Go With the Negatives
A newly minted reporter finds great satisfaction in his new mission.   > read more
By  Reese Cleghorn
More Honor, Fewer Honoraria
NBC moves – wisely – to stop its journalists from taking speaking fees from corporations and trade associations.   > read more
By  Rem Rieder
Time for a New Look for "60 Minutes"
Its ratings have dropped sharply. "Dateline NBC" is hot.   > read more
By  Douglas Gomery
Limiting Media Access to Prisoners
California won't allow news organizations to set up face-to-face interviews with specific inmates. It's a misguided policy.   > read more
By  Jane Kirtley
Trying Harder to Become Number 2
The Rocky Mountain News drops home delivery in much of Colorado, jeopardizing its circulation lead over the Denver Post.   > read more
By  John Morton
Post Seeks a New General as Rocky Retreats   > read more
By  Alicia C. Shepard
Surveillance in Cyberspace   > read more
By  Whit Andrews
A Reader’s Threats, A Reporter’s Ordeal   > read more
By  Jessica Gregg
Covering Blowouts and Bouquets   > read more
By  Julie Ann Kodmur
All the Facts About the Harper’s Index   > read more
By  Alex Frankel
A Withering Critique of the News Media
Breaking the News: How the
Media Undermine American Democracy

By James Fallows
Pantheon Books   > read more
Book review by  Carl Sessions Stepp
Two Very Different Takes on Corporate Journalism
Market-Driven Journalism:
Let the Citizen Beware?

By John H. McManus
Sage   > read more
Book review by  Carl Sessions Stepp
Reviving CBS   > read more
By  Dilshad D. Husain
Choosing Trenton   > read more
By  Alicia C. Shepard
Bylines   > read more
By  Suzan Revah
Cliché corner   > read more
By  Suzan Revah