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October 1997
Pilot Errors
The media's Kelly Flinn Coverage focused heavily on the adultery charges against her, downplaying the more serious allegations of lying and disobeying a direct order. The way the story was framed doomed the chances of Joseph Ralston to head the Joint Chiefs of Staff when his affair came to light.   > read more
By  Tony Capaccio
Rewired
Following the lead of its newspaper members, the Associated Press, long the bastion of hard news leads and for-the-record coverage, is emphasizing enterprise reporting and stylish writing.   > read more
By  Charlotte Grimes
Rising Sun
Its ambitious editors are trying to make Baltimore's Sun a great paper by avoiding modern newsroom trends and stressing big projects, hard-edged reporting and powerful storytelling.   > read more
By  Alicia C. Shepard
X-Rated Ratings?
The Clinton administration and the Internet industry have championed voluntary ratings for Web sites to create a ``family-friendly" environment in cyberspace. Their campaign nearly led online news organizations to create a licensing system for Web journalism.   > read more
By  J.D. Lasica
A Media Event to Top Them All
It was not just Diana's death but the global wrenching.   > read more
By  Reese Cleghorn
The Princess And the Press
Their relationship was much more complex than the way it is often portrayed.   > read more
By  Rem Rieder
Television Goes Back To its Roots
The networks are producing more of their prime time shows in-house.   > read more
By  Douglas Gomery
Get it Fast, But Get It Right
As Web publications evolve into true news channels,it’s critical that they nail down the facts before they post the stories.   > read more
By  J.D. Lasica
Should a Secret Tape Be Kept Secret?
A federal appeals panel rejects a suit challenging ABC.   > read more
By  Jane Kirtley
Dancing With The Devil
Should newspapers enter into online partnerships with Microsoft or go it alone?   > read more
By  John Morton
"The Front Page" on Speed   > read more
By  Deborah Baldwin
Is Everyone a Journalist?
Tony Sonenshine   > read more
By   Unknown
Melee in Monterey   > read more
By  Kelly Heyboer
The Sports Media's Annual Home Run Hysteria   > read more
By  Dennis Tuttle
Integrating the Past in Arkansas   > read more
By  Lori Robertson
The First Amendment's Unfinished Business
Sentinel Under Siege:
The Triumphs and Troubles
of America's Free Press

By Stanley E. Flink
Westview Press   > read more
Book review by  Carl Sessions Stepp
A Dangerous Craft
News of a Kidnapping
By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Knopf   > read more
Book review by  Linda Fibich
One Monarch Too Many
Morale at The New Republic plummets after Editor Michael Kelly is fired.   > read more
By  Alicia C. Shepard
Bylines   > read more
By  Debra Puchalla
Cliché corner   > read more