Opinion

Let’s Do It Better: 2000 Honorees

Newspapers:Newspaper of the Year—NewsdayFor overall excellence in covering race and ethnicity and for developing a strategy to deal with the paper’s demographic challenge. Gabriel Escobar, city editor, The Washington Post…
March 15, 2001

Harper’s Magazine: A Survivor!

An American AlbumOne Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper’s MagazineEdited by Lewis Lapham and Ellen RosenbushFranklin Square Press. 712 Pages. $50.The crowded racks on newsstands and the torrent of junk…
September 15, 2000
Robert Manning

An Indictment of the Washington Press

Two journalists give thumbs down to coverage of the Clinton scandals.
September 15, 2000
Michael Gartner

Dead Men Talking

Chicago Tribune reporters highlight fault lines in the justice system.
September 15, 2000
Ken Armstrong

Fall 2000: Words & Reflections Introduction

The death penalty is under the journalistic microscope. Scrutiny of prosecutions and court procedures, along with new testing of DNA evidence, is illuminating ways in which the legal system—from the…
September 15, 2000
Melissa Ludtke

Freelancers Confront New Challenges

In a contract battle, many argue their work shouldn’t be used for free.
September 15, 2000
Anne Driscoll

Can Journalism Be Fair?

‘If truth is whatever works for you, there is no need for journalism.’
September 15, 2000
Philip Meyer

Questions Crime Reporters Sometimes Forget to Ask

In murder cases, the ‘easy story’ to report might be profoundly wrong.
September 15, 2000
John Painter Jr.

The Sound You Hear Is Silence

When the subject is corporate immorality, nary a judgmental word is heard.
June 15, 2000
Morton Mintz

Designing and Distributing the Survey

With the help of researcher Sue Schuermann, electronic databases were examined to find news stories about corporate crimes and misconduct. These examples were individualized for inclusion in the letters that…
June 15, 2000