Dimming Beacon? The effort to keep profits up during the economic downturn has led to belt-tightening throughout the newspaper industry. It's been particularly painful for Knight Ridder's Akron Beacon Journal, which suffered the first newsroom layoffs in its history.
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Valarie Basheda
Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering This article is excerpted from the book "Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Journalism," which is being published this month by the University of Arkansas Press.
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Thomas KunkelGene Roberts
Out of the Past Forget glasnost and perestroika. Russia's harsh crackdown on the media is an unhappy echo of the Iron Curtain era.
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Sherry Ricchiardi
Strange Bedfellows A behind-the-scenes look at how some of the nation's top news organizations, normally fierce competitors, joined forces to recount disputed Florida ballots--while the Miami Herald conducted its own tally.
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Alicia C. Shepard
Bad Reaction It's an assignment sure to wipe the smile off of virtually any reporter's face: the dreaded react story. Should these newsroom perennials be buried forever, or is there a way to make them meaningful devices for getting real people into the news?
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Sharyn Vane
Voices in the Wilderness Completely overmatched by the Hollywood buzz machine, today's movie critics can do little to keep the masses away from insipid fare. But they can provide oxygen to the occasional art-house sleeper.
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David A. Markiewicz
Frozen Out Journalists must remember that politically incorrect views are entitled to an airing.
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Mark Tapscott
