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Tribune's Big Deal
The company's audacious experiment in integrating print, television and online expands enormously with the acquisition of Times Mirror.
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By
Alicia C. Shepard
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The End of Times Mirror
Consciously or subconsciously, Mark Willes turned the venerable newspaper company into an irresistible takeover target.
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By
William Prochnau
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Blacked Out
Local government news-- considered unsexy and often lacking in good visuals--has been downplayed if not abandoned by many TV news operations. Democracy is the loser.
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By
Jill Geisler
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The Battle for Seattle
The Seattle Times goes morning, competing one-on-one with its rival--and business partner--the Post-Intelligencer. Is this a war where everyone wins?
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By
Susan Paterno
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Going Solo
Freelancing is not for the fainthearted, but it can be an exhilarating way of life. Doing it in the Caribbean doesn't hurt, either.
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By
Suzanne Gordon
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The Writing Machine
Louis Jacobson has a full-time job as a National Journal correspondent. But he still found time to pull together 220 freelance pieces last year. He's well on his way to his goal: filing a story from every state.
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By
Lori Robertson
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Which Way Will It Go?
The Internet is a wonderful treasure trove of information. But if we're not careful, it could mean bad news for our democracy.
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By
Edward Fouhy
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Finding the Stories of the Future
In tornadoes of change around us, unimaginative thinking won’t help.
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By
Reese Cleghorn
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Working for The Man
The years with Reese: It's all good.
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By
Rem Rieder
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Customer Disservice Online
Newspapers must make their Web sites easier to navigate.
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By
David Carlson
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Maybe They Need Consultants
Long almighty, TV news consultants are falling from grace.
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By
Deborah Potter
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Letting the Sunshine In
Rulings
allow
coverage
of adults tried in
juvenile courts.
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By
Jane Kirtley
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Selling Newspapers
Why are
so many companies shedding properties?
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By
John Morton
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Subsidizing the Enemy
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By
Susan Paterno
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World Wide Wonks
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By
Debra Puchalla
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The Sheppard Case: Still Unraveling A Mystery
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By
Erin Heath
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Terrific TV
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By
Jessica Leshnoff
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Someone to Talk to
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By
Erin Heath
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Critics' Challenge
Covering the Company's TV Station
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By
Rebecca Gray
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Copy Kingdom
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By
Lori Robertson
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Can Scandals Be Covered Responsibly?
Peepshow: Media and Politics in an Age of Scandal
By Larry J. Sabato, Mark Stencel, S. Robert Lichter
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.
192 pages; $22.95
Democracy Derailed: Initiative Campaigns and the Power of Money
By David S. Broder
Harcourt Inc.
272 pages; $23
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Book review by
Carl Sessions Stepp
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Silent Treatment
Changes in Illinois Supreme Court rules are causing struggles between
reporters, prosecutors and police as media access to certain
information is cut off.
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Unknown
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Heading for L.A.
The editor of the Baltimore Sun and the publisher of the Orlando
Sentinel move to the Los Angeles Times to replace Michael Parks and
Kathryn Downing.
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By
AJR Staff
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Leaving St. Louis
Civic journalism proponent Cole Campbell leaves his editorship at the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch for about a six-month stint at the Poynter
Institute.
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By
Unknown
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Two for One
The editor of Ohio's Springfield News-Sun is now also senior
editor for community nespapers for her paper's parent, Cox.
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By
Unknown
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Cliché Corner
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By
Lori Robertson
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