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| Each chapter begins with ldquo;SIDEBAR: Key Concepts and Terms,rdquo; and concludes with ldquo;Questions for Discussion,rdquo; ldquo;Related Websites,rdquo; and ldquo;Reading and Reference.rdquo; | |
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| Preface | |
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| What | |
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| News and Society | |
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| News Values | |
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| Why News Matters | |
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| SIDEBAR: Everybody Talks About the Weather | |
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| News and the Social Order | |
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| SIDEBAR: Theodore Roosevelt and the Bully Pulpit | |
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| What Do You Think? | |
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| The Journalist's Dilemma | |
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| Pressures on Journalists | |
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| SIDEBAR: A Passport, a Keyboard and a Paycheck | |
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| The Job of the Journalist | |
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| Culture of Journalism | |
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| The World of the Journalist | |
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| Character and Characteristics | |
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| Skepticism and Cynicism | |
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| Working Within the News Organization | |
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| Dealing with Sources | |
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| Objectivity and Fairness | |
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| SIDEBAR: Liberal or Conservative Media? (Part 1) | |
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| Unacceptable Practices | |
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| SIDEBAR: Liberal or Conservative Media? (Part 2) | |
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| News Organizations in the Larger Culture of Journalism | |
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| SIDEBAR: Civic Journalism | |
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| A Dynamic Culture | |
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| Becoming a Journalist | |
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| Prepare | |
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| Learn About the Field | |
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| Getting Trained | |
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| SIDEBAR: Getting Help | |
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| Go to Work | |
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| SIDEBAR: Joining Up | |
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| Get Started | |
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| Where | |
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| Newspapers | |
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| Initiators of Journalism | |
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| Organizational Structure: the Business Side | |
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| Organization Structure: the Editorial Side | |
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| SIDEBAR: The Black Press: An Alternative Voice in American Journalism | |
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| The Editorial Page | |
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| Newspapers Today | |
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| SIDEBAR: Small Newspaper, Big-time Journalism | |
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| Major Players in the Newspaper Industry | |
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| The Future of Newspapers | |
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| Magazines | |
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| SIDEBAR: On the Cover of Rolling Stone | |
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| Why Magazine Journalism? | |
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| Structure of the Magazine Industry | |
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| SIDEBAR: Slate.com: Overcoming the E-zine Doubters | |
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| Creating a Magazine | |
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| Staff Structure and Employment | |
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| SIDEBAR: A Month in the Life of the Art Director | |
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| Magazine Journalism | |
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| Freelance Writing | |
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| The Future of Magazines | |
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| Television and Radio | |
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| Impact and Immediacy | |
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| Radio: News at a Different Level | |
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| Local Television | |
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| SIDEBAR: Public Broadcasting | |
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| Television News | |
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| SIDEBAR: The JFK Assassination: Television's First Big Story | |
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| Regulation of Broadcasting | |
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| The Future of Broadcasting | |
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| News Web Sites | |
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| The Difference of the Web | |
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| SIDEBAR: Getting the News-September 11, 2001 | |
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| The News Web Site | |
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| Owned and Operated | |
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| Independently Owned | |
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| SIDEBAR: Questions of Credibility Plague the Web | |
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| News Sites that Didn't Mean to Be | |
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| Web Logs: a New Form of Journalism? | |
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| Whither Web Sites? | |
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| WHO AND HOW | |
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| Reporters | |
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| What Reporters Do | |
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| Personal Characteristics | |
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| SIDEBAR: Profile of the American Journalist | |
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| Becoming a Professional | |
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| SIDEBAR: The Most Gratifying Moment | |
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| Getting there: Becoming a Reporter | |
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| Reporting | |
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| Five W's and One H | |
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| Types of Sources | |
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| SIDEBAR: Tips on Covering a Beat | |
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| Interviewing | |
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| SIDEBAR: A Dozen Interviewing Tips | |
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| A Note on Accuracy | |
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| Writing News and Features | |
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| Basic Writing Characteristics | |
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| SIDEBAR: Writing Values and Advice | |
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| Writing Conventions | |
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| Attribution | |
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| Other Writing Conventions | |
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| The Inverted Pyramid | |
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| The Lead Paragraph | |
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| SIDEBAR: Inverted Pyramid Checklist | |
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| Developing the Story <div STYLE="margin-l | |