COVER STORY/PRESS LORDS
Will Gates Crush Newspapers?The Mahatma of Microsoft says that he isn't really getting into the news business and that his forays in Web and cable TV information delivery (and ads) shouldn't really threaten publishers. Or not much. Or not for at least ten years. Or . . . Smart publishers are worried. And for good reason.
by Neil Hickey
STANDARDS
Journalism after Diana
The necessary line between the public and the private has always been a tough one to draw. How exactly do we draw it now?
by Lance Morrow
The Diana Effect: Will Anything Change?
Seven thoughtful journalists respond to cjr's questions -
Should journalism change? Will it?
CHAINS
What Happens When Gannett Takes Over?
At two former family-owned newspapers with top reputations, chain ownership hasn't eliminated good journalism, but it has brought culture clashes and some disturbing changes.
by Sig Gissler
REPORTING
Foreign News: Who Gives a Damn?
The end of the cold war, media concentration, shorter public attention spans - those and other factors have led to a decline in the amount and quality of coverage of the world. It doesn't have to be that way.
by James F. Hoge
FREE SPEECH
Look Who's Trashing the First Amendment
There's a new attack and it's coming from the left.
The charge: reforms are threatened by free-speech claims.
It's a short-sighted view.
by Floyd Abrams
Departments
INDEX
People and organizations mentioned in this issue
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
In the death of Princess Diana, perhaps journalists, among others, will find an impulse to action
by Joan Konner
LETTERS
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Why Local TV News Is So Awful
by Lawrence K. Grossman
GRAPEVINE
Who's Where and What's What
DARTS & LAURELS
ESSAY
Fixing the World
by Mike Hoyt
LOWER CASE
Upfront
CJR World
Books
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