Spring 1998

Watchdog

Editors Without Backbone By John Herbers

Introduction

Where Are the Stories Behind the Leaks? By James S. Doyle

Two Stories Seymour Hersh Never Wrote By Seymour M. Hersh

The Economic Sector

Introduction

Is Anything Really Wrong? By Richard Parker

Response: Demystify the Subject By Paul Solman

Response: What About Corporate Crime? By Morton Mintz

Response: Help Is Available By Eileen Shanahan

State & Local Governments

Introduction

For State and Local Government, The Key Is Sufficient Resources By Joyce Purnick

Misappropriation of Public Resource By Arthur Kent

TV Journalists Should Take Responsibility By Patricia Dean and Frank Magid

Response: Make Enterprise Reporting An Ongoing Part of Newspapers Mission By Anthony Marro

Response: What's Often Missing Is Desire By Melanie Sill

Response: Eye Always on Bureaucracies By David Burnham

National Security

Introduction

On National Security, Five Ways to Respond to Restraints By Daniel Schorr

Response: an 'Unbridgeable Divide' By Philip Taubman

Response: Narratives and Analysis By Carla Anne Robbins

Nonprofits

For America's Nonprofit Sector, The Watchdog Seldom Barks By George Rodrigue

Introduction

A Dozen Tips for Stories About Nonprofits By George Rodrigue

Types of Nonprofits

Response: Document Activities By David Hall

Response: Check on Creative Accounting By John Crewdson

Response: It's Easier to Be Passive By Paul Delaney

Response: Avoid Close Relations By Janet Wilson

Not Black, Not White, It's American History By Orlando Bagwell

The Journalist's Trade

Introduction

The ACLU and the Tobacco Companies By Morton Mintz

The Need for Expert Education Reporters

He Saw Folly of Racism Through Prism of Humor By Sander Vanocur

The Fred Friendly Impact By Eileen McNamara

Falling Into the Fault Line Chasm By Dori J. Maynard

Letters

Alternate Forms of Transportation

Inspecting Road Sites

When Is More Less?

And on Whitewater...

Technology

On the Web, Speed Instead of Accuracy By Tom Regan

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Introduction

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The second paper on watchdog journalism concerns state and local governments. As Washington has reduced its control of important functions, such as welfare, state and local governments have increased their powers, and, as a result, their impact on people's lives, thus placing a greater burden on journalists to monitor their performance.

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