Thinking Clearly: Teaching Notes

Thinking Clearly: Cases in Journalist Decision-Making, February 15, 2003

As a resource for instructors using the Thinking Clearly book, here's an accompanying set of Teaching Notes for each case study in the book:

Minnesota's Basketball Cheating Scandal

Watergate

New Orleans Times-Picayune Series on Race

McCarthyism, 1950-1954

1981 Massacre in El Mozote, San Salvador

Columbine School Shooting: Live Television

Internet’s Role in the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal

Political Reporting: John McCain's 2000 Presidential Campaign


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