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Deploring the State of Beltway Journalism

Spin Cycle: How the White House and the Media Manipulate the NewsHoward KurtzTouchstone. 327 Pages. $14 pb.Those looking for a balanced, critical appraisal of press performance in the Monica Lewinsky…
December 15, 1998

The Violence Reporting Project:

In 1995, Jane Ellen Stevens, a science writer, embarked on a collaborative project with Dr. Lori Dorfman, Director of the Berkeley Media Studies Group, a public health research organization, and…
December 15, 1998

SLAPPing Down the Debate Over Cuba

Right-Wing Exile Foundation in Florida Uses Defamation Suits to Chill Criticism of Its Policies
September 15, 1998

A Reader’s View: Novelists Outdo Journalists

After years of self-satisfied isolation, Indonesia finds itself exposed on the world’s financial pages and, occasionally, on front pages. The last time journalists paid so much attention to this immense,…
September 15, 1998

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

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

Indonesian Media Still Censoring Itself

Watching events in Jakarta, I felt the straps of my journalistic straitjacket loosening. The Indonesian government has announced the end of the licensing system. But is press freedom really dawning?…
September 15, 1998

4. Nonprofit Organizations

George Rodrigue, the panel chair, began the discussion.Discussion Who’s Who Crewdson, John—Investigative National Correspondent, Chicago Tribune. Delaney, Paul—Former Assistant National Editor, New York Times, now involved in planning “Our World,”…
September 15, 1998

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

The Web Waits for the Photographer, Too

The World Wide Web has been heralded as a medium that provides new ways to explore the world and communicate what one finds. Unfortunately, very little of the anticipated paradigm…
June 15, 1998