December 2002 |
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Stalking a Sniper
It was a frightening saga that gripped the nation, but at its core it was a cop story. The pursuit of the sniper underscored the complex, mutually dependent relationship between journalists and law enforcement officials.
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By
Mark Lisheron
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Off Target
The news media, particularly cable channels, relied heavily on profilers during the sniper coverage. But their speculation often turned out to be wildly inaccurate. Is there a better way to take advantage of their wisdom, or should they be used at all?
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By
Rachel Smolkin
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Access Denied
The sniper case illustrates an ominous post-September 11 trend of trying to keep information away from journalists--and the public.
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By
Barbara Cochran
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Fat City
Is fat really bad for you? Articles in two top newspapers reached opposite
conclusions. No surprise--readers and viewers often find themselves whipsawed by
reporting on health issues. How can journalists keep confusion to a minimum?
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By
Rachel Smolkin
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Tough Calls
Deciding when a suicide is newsworthy and what details to include are among journalism’s more sensitive decisions.
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By
Mark J. Miller
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Up Close and Personal
Journalism is an intimate undertaking at West Virginia’s rural weeklies, invaluable voices that often are the only source of local news--and where reporters are apt to encounter the subject of negative coverage as soon as they step out of the office.
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By
John Temple
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In My Lifes
What began as an impulse buy became a quest to preserve history. And then
there was eBay.
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By
Bill Barol
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A Chinese Century
The world?s largest nation rouses itself.
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By
Thomas Kunkel
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The Soothsayers
It?s time to back off on the speculating and predicting.
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By
Rem Rieder
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Joe Viewer and the Internet
He has a laptop on the coffee table. Use the Net to keep him engaged.
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By
Barb Palser
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Dubious Assumptions
ABC News and CNN are hardly a match made in heaven.
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By
Deborah Potter
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Stopping the Leaks
Ashcroft isn?t calling for new legislation to prosecute leakers. But the battle isn?t over.
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By
Jane Kirtley
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Great While It Lasted
The National Observer, that wonderful weekly, couldn?t survive financially.
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By
John Morton
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Major Rally, Minor Play
Have news organizations underplayed antiwar events?
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Odd Jobs
How a newscast blew a story on J. Lo
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By
Jill Rosen
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You’re Renewed: Like It or Not
Magazine subscription tactics are under investigation
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By
John D. Solomon
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Black and White and Red All Over
Chicago newspapers offer dueling tabloids for young readers
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By
Kelly Heyboer
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Chad Weren’t Left Dangling, Networks Were
The latest troubles for the exit polling service, Voter New Service
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By
Steve Ritea
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Muckraking and Fundraising
Center for Investigative Reporting conquers money issues, celebrating
25th anniversary
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By
Sarah Schaffer
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Ads Trump News
Local news viewers this fall were more likely to see campaign ads than
election stories
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By
Jill Rosen
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Tales of a Young Buck
First Job: A Memoir of Growing Up at Work
By Rinker Buck
PublicAffairs Books
416 pages; $27.50
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Book review by
Carl Sessions Stepp
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New Prospects
Benjamin Taylor, former publisher of the Boston Globe, takes the helm of
The American Prospect.
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By
Sarah Schaffer
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Ms.-steps
Tracy Wood steps down after four months as editor in chief of the
feminist magazine to focus on investigative projects.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Matter of Opinion
Former Newsday editor and reporter Nicholas Goldberg joins the Los
Angeles Times as op-ed page editor.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Chairwoman of The Board
The Pulitzer Prize Board elects Sandra Mims Rowe, editor of Portland's
Oregonian, as its new chair.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Staying for NOW
Daniel Zwerdling, whose position at National Public Radio was cut this
fall, becomes NPR's correspondent on the PBS show "NOW with Bill
Moyers."
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Voice of the Suburbs
Magazine editor John Grogan returns to newspaper commentary as a metro
columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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A Raleigh Good Move
John Drescher comes home to take the managing editor job at North
Carolina's News & Observer.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Cutting Back
Declining revenues at the Wall Street Journal lead to news staff
layoffs.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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He’ll Be Missed
Washington, D.C.'s WJLA-TV loses popular newsroom chief Steven D.
Hammel.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Cliché Corner
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