Books Responsibility to Be Honest From November 1936, when Life magazine’s first issue appeared, until it stopped publication as a weekly in 1972, 88 of the most innovative and revered photographers found, at one time… September 15, 1998 Lois Fiore Scorned Tabloid Lover Bares His Bitterness News Is A VerbPete HamillLibrary of Contemporary Thought. 102 Pages. $8.95.In the flood of literature lamenting the demise of good journalism, this 102-page book is a small gem.I do not… September 15, 1998 Ying Chan Verifying Truth in Data Deluge It’s a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. We should not kid ourselves by thinking that other people and institutions cannot gather and distribute crucial information. They can,… September 15, 1998 Do Concessions Protect First Amendment? Freedom’s Voice: The Perilous Present and Uncertain Future of the First AmendmentRobert D. RichardsBrassey’s. 177 Pages. $23.95The New York Times knew what it was doing when it hired Yale Professor… September 15, 1998 Robert H. Phelps Pioneer in Coverage of Racial Injustice The Baltimore Afro-American, 1892-1950Howard FarrarGreenwood Publishing Group 220 Pages. $59.95.Relatively little has been written about the struggle and rise to prominence of America’s most prodigious black newspapers. Now, with the… September 15, 1998 Phillip W.D. Martin Who Knows Better—Critics or the People? America’s Most Wanted, 1994. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 24 x 32. By permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux.“Painting By Numbers” is a book about art and freedom, authority and… June 15, 1998 Lois Fiore A Newsman’s Style as Envoy in Africa When one thinks of how an ambassador’s career gets started, a rocky beach and seagulls don’t likely come to mind. But this is how Smith Hempstone, a former Editor-in-Chief of… June 15, 1998 Wilson Wanene Scoop Artist Who Isn’t a Journalist “Born to see; meant to look.” That’s the personal motto taken from Goethe’s “Faust” that Peter Drucker, the legendary thinker and management expert, uses to describe his profession. An observer,… June 15, 1998 Robert Lenzner Questioning the Press’s Adversarial Tone The Argument Culture: Moving from Debate to DialogueDeborah TannenRandom House. 348 Pages. $25.“The Battle of the Sexes,” “Telecommunications Price Wars,” “Democrats Send Clinton into Battle for Second Term,” “A Classic… June 15, 1998 Molly Marsh Cloning, a Great Story, but Know What You Are Writing Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New WorldLee M. SilverAvon Books. 317 Pages. $25.Those biologists who tend toward irreverence say their conservative peers have one standard response to… June 15, 1998 Harold M. Schmeck Jr. Previous 1 … 12 13 14 15
