Articles

Making Truth an Idea That Journalists Can Believe in Again

‘Every journalist knows that truth can make nonnegotiable demands.’
June 15, 2001
Jack Fuller

Press Failure to Watchdog Can Have Devastating Consequences

Every news organization should monitor the powerful in the public interest.
June 15, 2001
Murrey Marder

Loving and Cussing: the Family Newspaper

It’s a place where community and citizens come before big profits.
June 15, 2001
Brandt Ayers

Inviting Viewers to Enter the Newsroom

With its Viewers’ Bill of Rights, KGUN9-TV in Arizona broke new ground.
June 15, 2001
Forrest Carr

Investigative Journalism Can Still Thrive at Newspapers

It requires fierce determination, hard work, some guerrilla tactics, and thick skin.
June 15, 2001
Loretta Tofani

In Crisis, Journalists Relinquish Independence

‘Ideological biases can overtake the desire to be independent.’
June 15, 2001
Ying Chan

Determining the Line Between Fact and Fiction

In broadcast news, compelling TV and good journalism can coexist.
June 15, 2001
Olive Talley

Accuracy Must Be Our Journalistic Grail

Editors at The Oregonian make writers pause and verify before publication.
June 15, 2001
Michele McLellan

The Borderlands of Journalism

Typical story assignments underscore the difficulty of defeating stereotypes.
June 15, 2001
Antonio López

Why Has Journalism Abandoned Its Observer’s Role?

‘The mirrorer was viewed as fat to be trimmed, and was.’
June 15, 2001
Jon Franklin