June 2002 |
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Sad State
Newspaper budget-cutting has triggered a sharp drop in the number of reporters assigned to cover the nation’s increasingly important statehouses.
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By
Jennifer Dorroh
Charles Layton
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Uncivil War
A journalist outraged by a story in his former paper writes a scathing book
accusing the news organization of contributing to the death of the story?s subject. But does the book suffer from the very flaws it accuses the newspaper of exhibiting?
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By
Alicia C. Shepard
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Online Uprising
Many in the mainstream media dismiss the screeds of bloggers--people who post their views on their own Web logs--as so much blather. But to this Los Angeles writer, these maverick sites are well worth exploring.
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By
Catherine Seipp
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Stevie Wonder
Steve Coll has managed to find time to write ambitious pieces while serving as the Washington Post’s managing editor. Now he’s working on a book about U.S. intelligence and Osama bin Laden. Can he do that and reach his goal of building a “spectacular” Post packed with world-class enterprise reporting?
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By
Lucinda Fleeson
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High School Confidential
In their efforts to suppress negative news, administrators are increasingly apt these days to censor student newspapers. And the young journalists are fighting back.
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By
Jill Rosen
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The Second Time Around
Challenging newspaper conventions of the past
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By
Thomas Kunkel
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Capital Mistakes
The drop in the number of statehouse reporters is all wrong.
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By
Rem Rieder
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Is It Journalism?
Yahoo! News attracts a large audience but does no original reporting.
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By
Barb Palser
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Flagging the Problem
Contrary to the thoughts of MSNBC, incorporating the American flag in a newscast is wrong.
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By
Deborah Potter
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Stop Reading Over My Shoulder
The Colorado Supreme Court shields book-purchase records from government snoops.
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By
Jane Kirtley
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A Losing Proposition?
Two new dailies try to break a depressing trend for startups: failure.
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By
John Morton
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Face to Face with a Suicide Bomber
Journalists wrestle with a new ethical dilemma
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By
Kelly Heyboer
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Share and Share Alike
Freedom papers save money by sharing once-local content
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By
Natalie Pompilio
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Fly in the Power Plant
Fox flyover story raises eyebrows on multiple fronts
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By
Doug Brown
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A Piece of Denver Dies
Columnist chronicled his last days in the Denver Rocky Mountain News
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By
Jill Rosen
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The Deep End?
Two parties poised to reveal the identity of Deep Throat
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By
John Bebow
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Praising and Preserving the Muckraking Spirit
Muckraking: The Journalism that Changed America
Edited by Judith and William Serrin
The New Press 392 pages; $25
Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press
Edited by Kristina Borjesson
Prometheus Books 392 pages; $26
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Book review by
Carl Sessions Stepp
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Publisher’s Pick
Greg Moore, managing editor of the Boston Globe, becomes editor of the Denver Post, replacing Glenn Guzzo.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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The Times Exodus
Three more editorial staffers—Stephen Engelberg, Melinda Henneberger and Sam Howe Verhovek—depart the New York Times.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Moves In Minneapolis
Anders Gyllenhaal departs Raleigh’s News & Observer to succeed Tim McGuire as editor of Minneapolis’ Star Tribune.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Handoff in Houston
Jeff Cohen, editor of the Albany Times Union, takes the helm at the Houston Chronicle, as Editor Jack Loftis retires.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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On a Mission
Lorraine Branham, a former executive editor of the Tallahassee Democrat, is named director of the University of Texas School of Journalism.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Double Dipping
The Chicago Tribune lures a high-powered couple from the rival Sun Times: Managing Editor Joycelyn Winnecke and Sports Editor Bill Adee.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Loves the Beast
NBC loses correspondent Suzanne Malveaux to CNN’s White House beat.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Legendary Lensman
Isadore Bleckman looks back on 36 years as a cameraman for CBS News.
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By
Lonnie Shekhtman
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In Memoriam
Brian Dickinson, a Providence Journal columnist who kept writing after Lou Gehrig’s disease immobilized him, dies at 64.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Cliché Corner
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By
Jill Rosen
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