March 1999 |
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Gatekeepers Without Gates
Is Larry Flynt America's assignment editor? Or are there ways new organizations can make reponsible decisions in today's frenzied freewheeling media world?
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By
Alicia C. Shepard
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Reversal of Fortune
Once known for its focus on management issues, the biweekly business magazine has beefed up its roster of writers, broadened its approach and emphasized storytelling. It's become a "hot book" in the process.
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By
Lori Robertson
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Open Your Mind
Preconceived notions too often stand in the way of investigative reporting, a New York Times editor warns.
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By
Stephen Engelberg
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Staying the Course
Preconceived notions too often stand in the way of investigative reporting, a New York Times editor warns.
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By
Bill Roesgen
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State of The American Newspaper
What Do Readers Really Want?
Market research
is supposed to tell us,
but often it’s confusing, contradictory or just plain wrong. Here’s why.
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By
Charles Layton
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Thinkers Without Thoughts
Journalists have to overcome the deep-seated
notion that they are simply observers and make better use of their reflective powers.
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By
Betty Medsger
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Newspaper Research
Is on the Cheap
And we
get about
what we
pay for.
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By
Reese Cleghorn
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Slouching Toward Sanity
Mainstream journalism struggles to find a way out of tabloid hell.
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By
Rem Rieder
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Online, Papers Can Speak Volumes
Small and mid-size papers are making effective use of audio online.
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By
J.D. Lasica
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The End Of the Golden Age?
While their ranks continue to swell, TV newsmagazines' ratings are sliding.
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By
Douglas Gomery
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Committing
Fraud to
Protect
Privacy?
A judge rules a reporter erred in lying about reasons for seeking credit reports but finds the story was in the public interest.
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By
Jane Kirtley
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Partnering
To Improve Newspaper Profits
Singleton
and Donrey join forces
in California.
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By
John Morton
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Slate: Free at Last
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By
Carol Guensburg
Chris Harvey
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Tawk of the Town
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By
Lori Robertson
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An Online Trove of Statehouse News
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By
Carol Guensburg
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Controversial Tampa TV Story Goes to Court
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By
Kelly Heyboer
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AJR Asks
What’s your favorite journalism movie?
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By
AJR Staff
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Naming Names in Colorado Springs
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By
Jennifer L. Goodale
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Hard Times for Thai Journalists
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By
John Schidlovsky
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A Readable, Multifaceted Autobiography
Reporting Live
By Lesley Stahl
Simon & Schuster
450 pages; $26
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Book review by
Carl Sessions Stepp
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Mano a Mano in Seattle
A head-to-head battle with the Post-Intelligencer looms.
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By
Carol Guensburg
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A New Ohio Player
Troubled Cincinnati Enquirer gets a new chief.
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By
Shanteé C. Woodards
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Cable Converts
Harry Smith and Paula Zahn leave CBS.
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By
Lori Robertson
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No Sleep Needed
Insomniac Arnaud de Borchgrave heads up UPI.
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By
Lori Robertson
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Money, Money, Money
The Charlotte Observer increases its commitment to follow the money.
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By
Lori Robertson
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Talk, Talk, Talk
A new D.C. public affairs cable network combines PBS programs and lots of talking heads reports.
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By
Lori Robertson
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Meeting Halfway
“We are at least partly to blame ourselves” for the rift between right-wing adherents and the news media.
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By
Lori Robertson
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New Girl in Town
Chris Harvey moves into AJR's managing editor slot.
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By
Lori Robertson
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Reorganizations
Journalism organizations changing in the upper ranks.
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By
Lori Robertson
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Life Imitates Art
From a newsroom drama on screen to the real-life drama of a newsroom.
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By
Lori Robertson
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Changing Places
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By
Lori Robertson
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Cliché Corner
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By
Lori Robertson
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