June 1998 |
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Breakthrough On The Web
Salon's savvy blend of old and new media strengths has made it an online journalism pacesetter.
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By
J.D. Lasica
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Blackout on the Dial
In much of the world of commercial radio, news has become an elusive commodity.
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By
Marc Fisher
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To Err Is Human, To Correct Divine
Many editors now feel that readily acknowledging mistakes can help strengthen credibility.
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By
Alicia C. Shepard
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Too Much Information?
A profile of an illegal alien in Raleigh's News & Observer led to the man's arrest. Should the paper have revealed his name, workplace and immigration status?
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By
Sharyn Vane
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State of The American Newspaper
Endangered Species
As the newspaper industry consolidates, the ranks of independent newspapers are thinning. Something special is
being
lost.
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By
James V. Risser
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News of Public Life Can Be Dull Stuff
But does it need to be, and what's the price we pay?
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By
Reese Cleghorn
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As Good and As Bad As It Gets
An outstanding Baltimore Sun series and misguided live TV coverage in Los Angeles take us to extremes.
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By
Rem Rieder
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When TV Stations Venture Online
Local news is key, some executives say.
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By
Lou Prato
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The World Wide Web Never Forgets
The Net's awesome memory raises troubling privacy issues.
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By
J.D. Lasica
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Will The Ticket To Ride Be Torn Up?
Some courts are troubled when journalists accompany the police on their rounds.
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By
Jane Kirtley
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A Move Fraught With Symbolism
Knight Ridder leaves Miami and heads for Silicon Valley.
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By
John Morton
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L.A.'s TV News: Pulling Away from Live Shots?
Los Angeles stations air live coverage of suicide, and a controversy ensues.
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By
Patrick Rogers
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The Sun Breaks the Silence on Shipbreaking
The Baltimore Sun wins a Pulitzer for its series on shipbreaking, a little-known business in which companies break up retired Navy ships for scrap metal.
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By
Sinéad OBrien
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Score One for the Little Guys of Riverdale
The 14,000-circulation Riverdale Press wins a Pulitzer for its editorials.
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By
Lori Robertson
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"It's the Story That's Most Important"
Columnist Mike McAlary of New York's daily News wins a Pulitzer.
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By
Mark Lisheron
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What in the World Was NBC Thinking?
NBC's "Today" airs a silly series called "Where in the World Is Matt Lauer?"
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By
Debra Puchalla
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Reporting From the World's Danger Zones
Looking for Trouble: One Woman, Six Wars and a Revolution
By Leslie Cockburn
Anchor Books
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Book review by
Carl Sessions Stepp
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Shattered Glass at The New Republic
How fabricating author Stephen Glass was brought down.
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By
Lori Robertson
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Hello Again
Mark Miller returns to Newsweek.
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By
Bridget Gutierrez
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Bylines
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By
Debra Puchalla
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Cliché corner
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