June 1996 |
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Are They Worth It?
Top newspaper company executives receive seven-figure pay packages, not to mention lucrative stock options. Does this make sense in an era of tight newsroom budgets?
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By
Alicia C. Shepard
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Cyberspace Journalism
There's no doubt that electronic newspapers and magazines are the flavor du jour. But are they more flash than substance? And will they ever make money?
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By
Carol Pogash
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Witch Hunt in Wenatchee?
To local TV reporter Tom Grant and the national media, a child sex scandal in the small Washington town was actually a credibility-straining prosecution run amok. The Wenatchee World took a pounding for what some called its unquestioning coverage. Where does the truth lie?
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By
Jim Kershner
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Libel City
When Philadelphia judges and public officials are unhappy with the media, they're uick to take it to court. Why is the City of Brotherly Love so litigious? Is it something in the air?
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By
John H. Kennedy
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Data Show J-Schools Are Sitting on a Bomb
Medsger Report confronts journalists and educators with ominous facts.
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By
Reese Cleghorn
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A Skeptical View of the Cynicism Epidemic
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By
Rem Rieder
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Luring Viewers With Cash
TV newscasts are giving away serious money to raise their ratings, drawing criticism in the process.
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By
Lou Prato
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Were the Media Negligent in Waco?
As the Unabomber case shows, tensions between the press and law enforcement are constant.
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By
Jane Kirtley
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Invading Another Paper's Turf
The Dallas Morning News goes after the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in Arlington County, Texas.
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By
John Morton
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A High-Profile Plunge into Whitewater
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By
Debra Durocher
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Shedding Light on Female Circumcision
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By
Suzan Revah
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Computer-Assisted Reporting's "Dirty Harry"
The veteran reporter for Raleigh's News & Observer, along with reporter Joby Warrick and editor Melanie Sill, won the public service Pulitzer for a five-part series called "Boss Hog" that uncovered the health and environmental risks of pig waste in North Carolina's hog industry.
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By
Kelly Heyboer
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Hoping for a Resurrection in Houston
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By
Frank Bass
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Journalism for the Brave
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By
Stacy Lu
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A Backstage Tour of "Nightline"
Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television
By Ted Koppel and Kyle Gibson
Times Books
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Book review by
Carl Sessions Stepp
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Fun in Tallahassee
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By
Dilshad D. Husain
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Bylines
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By
Suzan Revah
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Cliché corner
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By
Suzan Revah
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