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The new movie “Frost/Nixon” underscores the importance of confrontation interviews. Here are some keys to making them work.
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Mark Feldstein
A “Tempting” Opportunity Online Exclusive » Andrew Alexander looks forward to his new gig as Washington Post ombudsman.
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Lindsay Kalter
Pat Boone, Pundit Online Exclusive » The white-bread ’50s singer is very, very upset that you don’t see the link between Mumbai and the gay rights movement.
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Rem Rieder
Endangered Species Many newspapers are laying off the reporters who monitor the federal government from a local angle. The cost could be steep.
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Jennifer Dorroh
Off the Bus Far fewer news reporters hit the campaign trail with the presidential candidates for long stretches of time this year. Is that necessarily a bad thing?
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Paul Farhi
Unheeded Warnings Well before this year’s economic collapse, business journalists shined a spotlight on serious problems in the U.S. economy. But regulators and members of the public didn’t pay much attention.
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Chris Roush
Networking News Traditional news outlets turn to social networking Web sites in an effort to build their online audiences.
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Arielle Emmett
Business Blather The financial meltdown was a missed opportunity for cable news.
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Deborah Potter
It Could Be Worse Although not nearly as profitable as in the past, the newspaper industry is still making money.
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John Morton
Drop Cap
Cutting Cartoonists As newspapers dispense with their editorial cartoonists, vibrant local commentary is diminished.
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Lindsay Kalter
A Beacon for St. Louis A nonprofit Web site aims to round out the local news menu for the Gateway to the West.
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Lindsey McPhersonMegan Miller
Boiling It Down The Week finds its niche distilling the news of the week that was.
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Steven Mendoza
Books
Moving at Reckless Speed No Time to Think: The Menace of Media Speed and the 24-Hour News Cycle
By Howard Rosenberg and Charles S. Feldman
Continuum
240 pages; $24.95
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Carl Sessions Stepp
The Beat
The Maverick Veteran editor and transparency maven Steve Smith follows the rules he believes in—his own.
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Megan Miller
90 is the New 20 This science writer’s passion is undiminished after almost 50 years on the beat.
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Lindsay Gsell
