Journalism : stories from the real world / Retta Blaney, editor ; [with an introduction by Walter Cronkite].

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Blaney, Retta
Language:English
Published: Golden, Colo. : North American Press, [1995], ©1995.
Subjects:
Journalism.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xiv, 175 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The importance of fact-checking, accuracy, and proofreading. The other reunion planning business / Randy Bobbitt
  • When even triple-checking isn't enough / J. Frazier Smith
  • A three-legged woman? / Don Black
  • Back to basics counts in news stories / Harriette Bias Insignares
  • A lesson in biological differences / Retta Blaney
  • What was for sale? / Robert N. Rothstein
  • Questioning, listening, looking, and speaking up. The man behind Alex Haley and Roots / Fred A. Woodress.
  • Play dumb and act smart / Bruce E. Johansen
  • Never stop listening / Eileen Fredman Solomon
  • Don't expect to always be liked / Ruth Bayard Smith
  • When a "dumb" question leads to a great story / Carole Rich
  • When in doubt, ask! / Tom Wheeler
  • A now-famous answer to a different question / Richard D. Smyser
  • Judgment. Out of your mind and onto paper / John Devaney
  • Knowing what not to include / Renée K. Gadoua.
  • Sometimes it pays to hold back / Wallace D. Beene
  • Don't write a check with your mouth that your actions can't cash / David H. Nimmer.
  • Never can say goodbye / Susan Ruel
  • Persistence. Going one-on-one with Reagan / Bill Gruver
  • Covering Jimmy Who? / Laurie O'Brien
  • On digging deeper / Ron Pruitt
  • Doing the legwork in Nicaragua / Robin K. Andersen
  • Criss-cross / Peter Benjaminson
  • You never know until you try. A conversation with Howard Hughes / W. Parkman Rankin
  • George C. Wallace / David Dick
  • Green jelly beans ; "Stealing" the stadium plans / Emil Dansker
  • Go with your gut / Gregg Hoffmann.
  • Don't let yourself be used. Beware of the overhelpful source / Ron Pruitt
  • Even pros get taken / Edwin Diamond
  • Joining the women's pages / Don Corrigan
  • A cautionary tale / Joan H. Lowenstein
  • Occupational hazards. There's no proof like a tape / Sylvan Fox
  • No tapes / Tom Wheeler
  • My date with Hugh Hefner / Louise Montgomery
  • First day / Peter Benjaminson
  • Lost in translation / Tom Wheeler
  • Doing the best under difficult circumstances. Reporting in Dallas on that fateful day / Jim Featherston.
  • Covering a kind of coup in Buenos Aires / J. Laurence Day
  • So what's your first question? / Tom Wheeler
  • Reading between the lines / Leonard R. Sussman
  • Covering death. Wanting to be there / Michael Shapiro
  • Death and the lessons of life / Michael Sewell
  • How do you feel about that? / Joann Lee
  • RFK's shooting / James Bow
  • Covering sensitive stories accurately / Richard D. Smyser
  • Ethics. An act of sheer moral cowardice / Robert H. Russell
  • A journalist's camera never lies / P.J. Corso.
  • How to handle a charlatan-- and a bribe / Jim Pratt
  • Don't get too caught up in one story / Mike Ludlum
  • Campaign for Cuba / Sandra H. Dickson
  • Is "balanced" coverage really fair coverage? / Robin K. Andersen
  • Power of the press / Maurine H. Beasley.