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Cover Story September/October 2000
Lawyers: Helping Us, Hurting Us • HOW THEY CAN HELP US, HOW THEY CAN HURT US Neil Hickey reports on the changing legal environment. • A NEWSROOM LAWYER'S LIFE Geanne Rosenberg recounts Eve Burton's battles and achievements. • FINDING A WAY TO SAY YES Attorney Jeffrey Klein recalls his newsroom experience. • NEWSGATHERING IS THE NEW TARGET Jane Kirtley describes new tactics challenging press freedom. • THE ADVERSARIES Geanne Rosenberg profiles Tom Yannucci, and Neville Johnson offers an attack lawyer's view. • CLIMATE OF CHANGE Lucy Daglish describes hostility toward the press in a Q&A with Neil Hickey. • LIBEL, THE NET, SUBPOENAS Convention 2000: MEDIA MONEY How corporate spending blocked political-ad reform, and other stories of influence, by Charles Lewis. Plus The Bush/Gore Scorecard, by Derrick Wetherell. MAX FRANKEL The media at the conventions. ANDREW KOHUT Is there any way to increase voter interest? UNFAIR TO GORE? Jane Hall analyzes press coverage. SHADOW CONVENTIONS Substance is a sidebar, Russ Baker reports. Articles: EXPERT WITNESS Gene Maeroff provides insight on covering education. GUESS WHO'S LEAVING THE NEWSROOMS Why journalists of color don't stick around, by Pamela Newkirk. Plus, ON RACE, ONLINE, taking a look at the digital afterlife of a powerful series. LETTER FROM VLADISVOSTOK It's a place maybe only a journalist could love, by Russell Working. J SCHOOL MANIFESTOS Mitchell Stephens urges more experimentation, less basics. Harry Rosenfeld says schools can provide a spine for journalism. Departments: LETTERS COUNTERPOINT APB.com's Hoag Levins responds to CJR's July/August issue, Turning Point: Online Media Face Reality, arguing that Internet journalism will survive. CURRENTS DARTS & LAURELS LOWER CASE Voices: MICHAEL HOYT An Eminem expose NANCY MAYNARD How gray is your newsroom? MAURICE TIMOTHY REIDY I'm Gen-X: hire me! LAWRENCE K. GROSSMAN Can CBS News survive Survivor? GENEVA OVERHOLSER We're to blame for credibility loss Book Reviews: A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Postindustrial Societies By Pippa Norris Reviewed by Michael Schudson The Gospel According to the New York Times By William Proctor Reviewed by Mark I. Pinsky James Boylan's BOOK REPORTS
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Clear Channel Communications became the largest owner of radio stations in the U.S. when it merged with AMFM, Inc. in August. The San Antonio-based company operates 900 radio stations in the United States and has equity interests in over 240 radio stations internationally. Click here to see Clear Channel's holdings and those of some forty other media companies.
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Hoesin Kalhatan thought an independent small town paper could make a difference. What he didn't know was the price. Click here.
Covering Criminal Justice
Reporting on criminal justice requires persistence and perspective. The crime beat contains innumerable obstacles and complex legal and ethical issues for a journalist. This Resource Guide, presented by the Center on Crime, Communities & Culture and the Columbia Journalism Review, provides the most reliable resources to assist the criminal justice reporter.
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