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International Journalists Use Internet Technology to Breach Borders

A journalist in Zimbabwe, researching a story with ties to Sweden, needed to contact an investigative reporter in that Scandinavian country, though he knew no one there. In Montreal, a…
March 15, 1999

Restoring a Sense of What It Means To Be a Journalist

Most people instinctively want to teach others what they know. And journalists are no exception. It is our job, after all, to share with our readers, viewers and listeners what…
March 15, 1999

Golf Offers a Window on Our Changing World

Preferred Lies and Other Tales: Skimming the Cream of a Life in SportsJack WhitakerSimon and Schuster. 272 Pages. $24.There is a movie scene that haunts just about every serious sportswriter…
March 15, 1999

Stitching a Community Together With A Newspaper Staffed by Young Journalists

Brandon Tubbs working as a mentor to a student from the PACERS Cooperative. © Photo courtesy PACERS Photography, Program for Rural Services and Research.Shawn “Sham” Franks, a sophomore at Oakman…
March 15, 1999

When Numbers Talk, Journalists Help People Listen

Venezuelan reporter Carlos Subero constructed his own databases to analyze politicians’ performances.Swedish reporter Stefan Lisinski exposed questionable practices involving bankrupt companies by using a massive Swedish database of information on…
March 15, 1999

A Desire to Tell People What They Ought to Know

Salant, CBS, and The Battle for the Soul of American Journalism: The Memoirs of Richard S. SalantCompiled and Edited by Susan and Bill BuzenbergEastview Press. 331 Pages. $27.Dick Salant, the…
March 15, 1999

Spring 1999: Introduction

In asking young journalists to write about their experiences, what we wanted to provide was a forum in which they could express their views, concerns and ideas about the way…
March 15, 1999

Riding the Digital Wave Into Journalism

Is It the Best Wave for Students to Catch?
March 15, 1999

Hong Kong’s Press

While Debate Rages About Media Ethics, Self-Censorship Quietly Thrives
March 15, 1999

Race Intrudes on a Newspaperman’s Career

Ted Poston: Pioneering American JournalistKathleen HaukeUniversity of Georgia Press. 326 Pages. $29.95.In today’s age of hyper-speed journalism, where news cycles change hourly and consumers can get stories at the click…
March 15, 1999