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The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect

Completely updated and revised
"The most important book on the relationship of journalism and democracy published in the last fifty years." – Roy Peter Clark, The Poynter Institute
We Interrupt This Newscast: How to Improve Local News and Win Ratings, Too

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A landmark study on what people watch and why. The most exhaustive study ever of local TV news - what helps ratings, what drives viewers away, and what editorial approaches and story-telling techniques most influence viewership.

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Global Investigative Journalism Conference
Highlights from the 2007 GIJC annual conference

EXTRA! EXTRA!
IRE's guide to some of journalism's best recent investigative work

The Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal

Project for Excellence in Journalism, October 31, 1998

The Clinton-Lewinsky Story: How Accurate? How Fair?
October 20, 1998
This study attempted to discern the nature of the press coverage of the story by examining several major threads of the story and comparing them to the Starr Report and its supporting evidentiary material. Contrary to White House accusations, those doing the bulk of the original reporting did not ferry false leaks and fabrications into coverage. But in some important cases, the press leaned on the suspicions of investigators that did not hold up and downplayed the denials of the accused, according to a new study. The findings raise questions about whether the press always maintained adequate skepticism about its sources.

The Clinton Crisis and the Press: A Second Look
March 27, 1998
The study, a follow up to an earlier one in February, raises basic questions about whether the press has become too lax about offering readers as much information as possible, and whether journalists have allowed sources to dictate terms too easily.

The Clinton Crisis and the Press: A New Standard of American Journalism?
February 18, 1998
From the earliest moments of the Clinton crisis,the press routinely intermingled reporting with opinion and speculation--even on the front page--according to a new systematic study of what and how the press reported. The study raises basic questions about the standards of American journalism and whether the press is in the business of reporting facts or something else.

 

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