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What's Fair? - The Problem of Equity in Journalism (Paperback)
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What's Fair? - The Problem of Equity in Journalism (Paperback)
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What's fair? It is an old question in journalism. In 1999, it seems
more difficult to answer than ever. The cycle of story, spin, and
counterspin that surrounds the White House is only the most obvious
part of the problem. In the past 25 years, the practice of
journalism has changed enormously--particularly in the United
States. The demarcation of public and private life that once ruled
certain kinds of stories out-of-bounds has eroded, leaving
reporters with the unenviable challenge of having to cover events
whose seaminess inevitably taints all who touch them. Commercial
pressures, and a tidal wave of information and entertainment media,
have engulfed the news business--leaving the definitions of
journalism and journalistic standards vague and uncertain. And the
technology of news reporting is speeding up news cycles in ways
that leave little time for sober and measured judgments. "What's
Fair?" is a collection of essays from experts in the field that are
sure to spark compelling questions and ideas about journalism and
its place in our time. In "Fairness--A Struggle," journalists
explore a subject that they normally share only with close friends
and colleagues--their own struggles with fairness that occurred in
places as different as South Africa, Washington, and the South
Bronx. In "Fairness--A History," nine contributors examine the
history of the fairness question, specifically the establishment of
the Hutchins Commission report of 1947, which is evaluated here by
a historian, a journalist and a First Amendment authority. In a
comparative vein, two authorities on international communications
law examine British regulations for fairness in broadcasting at the
end of the 20th century. In "Fairness--A Goal," contributors
explore what struggles for fairness mean in a variety of contexts,
from American newsrooms to post-Communist Poland to Northern
Ireland. Many discussions of fairness are either numbingly abstract
or impossibly righteous. To avoid those hazards, Robert Giles and
Robert Snyder have grounded this volume in stories--the kind of
stories journalists tell each other and the kind of stories people
tell about journalism. This volume is a testament to journalism
that is free yet fair, probing yet credible and authoritative in
content yet open to many voices. "Robert Giles" is editor-in-chief
of "Media Studies Journal," senior vice president of the Freedom
Forum and executive director of Media Studies Center. Formerly the
editor and publisher of "The Detroit News," he is the author of
"Newsroom Management: A Guide to Theory and Practice. "Robert W.
Snyder" is editor of the "Media Studies Journal," a historian, and
most recently author of "Transit Talk: New York's Bus and Subway
Workers Tell Their Stories. He has taught at Princeton University
and New York University, from which he holds a doctorate in
history. ""
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