January/February 2003 |
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Higher Examination
Once treated with
reverence, universities
and colleges are now receiving more skeptical and probing coverage.
But the economic
downturn has prompted some news organizations
to scale back their
commitment to
the beat.
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By
Carl Sessions Stepp
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Air of Uncertainty
Coverage of potential health problems
near Ground Zero was slow to develop,
as many news organizations simply
accepted the reassurances of the EPA.
The episode underscores the
difficulty of covering questions
with no clear answers.
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By
Susan Q. Stranahan
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Blinded by History
How political journalists relied too heavily on past patterns and conventional wisdom, missing what was really going on in the 2002 midterm election
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By
Rachel Smolkin
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Poll Crazy
America's news organizations poll the public on a staggering variety of subjects, from Iraq to the sniper to whether Elvis is still alive. Does all of this surveying increase understanding, or does it simply amount to more random noise?
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By
Lori Robertson
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Endangered Journalists
A percolating brew of drug cartels, right-
wing paramilitary units and Marxist guerrillas: Welcome to Colombia,
where some of those unhappy with coverage
are more apt to communicate their views
with death threats or the real thing
than with letters to the editor.
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By
Sherry Ricchiardi
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What Is Journalism Education?
A college president rekindles
the debate.
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By
Thomas Kunkel
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A Prime-Time Player
And the importance of thinking big
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By
Rem Rieder
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Every Last Word
Sources
who publish transcripts
of their
interviews? It’s becoming more
common.
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By
Barb Palser
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So Long
Two Twin Cities TV
stations drop daily in-depth segments.
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By
Deborah Potter
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There They Go Again
In the name of (surprise!) security, the government blocks access to public
information.
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By
Jane Kirtley
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Worth a Try
Can
customized tabloids attract those elusive 18-
to-34-year-olds?
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By
John Morton
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Ground for Contention
Controversy surrounds an article about Ground Zero from The Atlantic
Monthly
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By
Steve Ritea
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A Hole in One Paper’s Actions
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By
Jill Rosen
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Reefer Madness
A publisher of pot literature takes issue with the name of a Chicago
tabloid
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By
Kelly Heyboer
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They’ve Got Game
The craziest headlines win in a new game created by journalists
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By
Carla Correa
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The Truth Hurts
A series about heroin abuse in the Hartford Courant makes waves
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By
Marcel Dufresne
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Alt-weeklies Play Hard to Get with Adult Ads
It's getting a bit harder in some cities to find risque advertisements
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By
Sarah Schaffer
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Provocative Thoughts from an Outsider
Democracy and the News
By Herbert J. Gans
Oxford University Press
184 pages; $26
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Book review by
Carl Sessions Stepp
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That's Settled
Fired St. Louis radio call-in host Charles Jaco reaches a settlement with KMOX-AM's owner, Infinity Broadcasting.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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New at Knight Ridder
Veteran war correspondent Joseph L. Galloway and former Baltimore Sun editors James Asher and Stephen Henderson join Knight Ridder's Washington bureau.
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By
Michael Duck
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Iron City-Bound
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette names David M. Shribman, the Boston Globe's Washington bureau chief, to replace retiring Editor John G. Craig Jr.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Leaving His Baby
Neil Budde, Wall Street Journal Online publisher and founding force, departs to pursue other opportunities.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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She's Not Bashful
CNN producer Dana Bash moves to the other side of the camera to become a White House correspondent.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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The Old Switcheroo
Gannett editors Tom Callinan and Ward Bushee trade jobs, with Callinan going to the Cincinnati Enquirer and Bushee moving to the Arizona Republic.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Ombudsmanless
The Philadelphia Inquirer loses its full-time ombudsman as Lillian Swanson gives up the position to return to editing.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Trial by Ice
Neil Offen, the new editor of the Chapel Hill Herald, starts his job two days before an ice storm slams North Carolina.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Around & About
Media moves.
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By
Kathryn S. Wenner
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Cliché Corner
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