The Media Get Religion News organizations are devoting increased attention and resources tocoverage of spiritual and ethical concerns.
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Alicia C. Shepard
A Medical Breakthrough Once the province of correspondents without a clue, network medical reporting now showcases specialists who use their expertise to sort through the confusing welter of reports, studies, developments and "cures."
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Jerome Aumente
Too Much Too Soon? (interview) Success came early for The New Republic's 25-year-old Ruth Shalit. But now she finds her career tarnished by plagiarism, factual errors and sharp criticism of her article on race and the Washington Post. She hopes there are second acts in journalism.
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Alicia C. Shepard
Defending the Family AJR contributing writer Alicia C. Shepard also interviewed Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. about the Ruth Shalit contretemps.
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Alicia C. Shepard
Learning to Love Lower Profits A veteran journalist warns newspaper owners: Adjust to changing realities (and more modest profit margins) and nurture your products, or face the prospect of new rivals.
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Philip Meyer
The Wrong Villain The O.J. Simpson media circus pitched its tent far beyond the range of the cameras in the courtroom.
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Ronald Goldfarb