December 2000 |
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Superhire 2000
Today's ideal journalism recruit should have a firm grasp of the basics, Web savvy, TV presence--and be able to write really, really fast.
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By
Cynthia Gorney
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New Courses for New Media
J-schools are tapping talent from other departments and from online newsrooms to teach survival skills for today's fast-evolving media landscape. But there's still a heavy emphasis on the fundamentals.
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By
Chris Harvey
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Resurgent Radio
Satellite and Internet radio are about to jump-start a medium that has lagged behind the information explosion.
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By
Marc Fisher
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Slimming Down
Layoffs, buyouts and other cutbacks are taking place in newsrooms across the country as publishers deal with weakening ad revenues, rising newsprint prices and an ever-present demand for profits.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Local Heroes
The Firestone/Ford Explorer story was broken not by a major newspaper or network but by a Houston TV news investigative team. It took a long time for federal safety officials--and the national media--to catch up.
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By
Alicia C. Shepard
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Feeling the Heat
When the subjects of negative coverage commit suicide, news organizations are apt to find themselves targets of intense public scrutiny--and anger.
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By
Jacqueline Soteropoulos
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Smoke Screen
Reporters covering the sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk struggled to penetrate a barrage of disinformation that hearkened back to the unlamented Soviet era.
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By
Sherry Ricchiardi
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The Greatest Scoop I Never Had
A Maine newspaper reporter recalls the decision not to publish a story about George W. Bush's DUI arrest.
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By
Ted Cohen
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Blowing the Call
The networks' election-night debacle is a vivid reminder that hunches aren't news.
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By
Thomas Kunkel
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Called for Traveling
Subsidized trips for travel writers: a bad practice.
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By
Rem Rieder
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The Shrinking Local News Audience
TV tries to win back vanishing viewers.
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By
Deborah Potter
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You Want Politics? You Got It
Separating the useful from the useless online.
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By
Barb Palser
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When Rights Collide
Is it OK to broadcast private conversations that were illegally intercepted by others?
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By
Jane Kirtley
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Ray of Hope
Can buying up suburban dailies and weeklies save No. 2 papers in metro markets?
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By
John Morton
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Election Night
This One Goes into Overtime
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By
Lori Robertson
Jennifer Larson
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A Late-Breaking Campaign Skeleton
Bush's DUI arrest
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By
Alicia C. Shepard
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Small-Town Parade
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By
Jennifer Dorroh
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Held Hostage
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By
Valarie Basheda
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Mideast Bias?
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By
Nora Koch
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No More No-Frills Newscasts
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By
Natalie Pompilio
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Reporters Who Know the Business
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By
Lori Robertson
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The Dark Side of Corporate Journalism
Drive-By Journalism: The Assault on Your Need to Know
By Arthur E. Rowse
Common Courage Press
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Book review by
Carl Sessions Stepp
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Peace at Last?
A new agreement moves Detroit's long and bitter labor strife
closer to a conclusion.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Alive and Kicking
Canadian publisher David Black buys Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
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By
Lori Robertson
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Gonzo Online
Hunter S. Thompson joins ESPN.com as a weekly columnist.
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By
AJR Staff
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Come Together
John F. Oppedahl leaves the Arizona Republic to become publisher and
chief executive of the new San Francisco Chronicle.
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By
Lori Robertson
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Cliché Corner
Election Edition
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By
Lori Robertson
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