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In Reporting on Whitewater, an Anonymous Source Misinformed the Press

Savvy newspaper readers know to be on guard when information in stories is attributed to anonymous sources. But what if a news organization relies on an unidentified informant and withholds…
September 15, 1999

The ‘Welfare Queen’ Experiment

How Viewers React to Images of African-American Mothers on Welfare
June 15, 1999

Asian-Americans and Welfare Reform

The Mainstream Press Perpetuates Images but Fails to Report on Real Experiences
June 15, 1999

Chilean Media Work in the Long Shadow of Pinochet

Media Ownership and Government Dictate the Ways This Former Dictator Is Covered
June 15, 1999

2. State and Local Government

Joyce Purnick, the panel chair, led the discussion.Discussion Who’s Who Bauer, Charlotte—Assistant to Editor, Sunday Times, Johannesburg. Berkes, Howard—Correspondent based in Salt Lake City, National Public Radio. Berliner, Uri—Staff Writer,…
September 15, 1998

Full Quotation on Newsroom Ethics

Athens, GeorgiaTo the Editor:Undoubtedly under severe space constraints, my good friend Phil Meyer and his co-author, M. David Arant, plucked a six-word quote from my book to lead their fine…
September 15, 1998

Response: Help Is Available

I start with a point from Richard Parker’s discussion of needed improvements in journalism education and apply it more broadly.Parker argues that "fundamental democratic political concerns" should provide the context…
March 15, 1998

Is Anything Really Wrong?

Some years ago The New York Times editorial page expressed the complacent notion that "great publications magnify the voice of any single writer." The statement is misleading. The instruments of…
March 15, 1998

Response: What’s Often Missing Is Desire

Joyce Purnick speaks for many a metro and state editor when she describes the strain of keeping up with the news while watching for the big stories. At a midsize…
March 15, 1998

The ACLU and the Tobacco Companies

The American Civil Liberties Union has defended the Bill of Rights since its founding in 1920. This proud record does not necessarily mean that the ACLU welcomes an exercise of…
March 15, 1998