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The News Shapers: The Sources Who Explain the News » Read Now
by Lawrence C. Soley. 182 pgs.

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This volume describes and analyzes the elite club of individuals that the media approach for "inside information," background, or predictions concerning the outcome of still-unfolding stories. Based on a study examining three major networks' evening newscasts during 1987-1988, it reveals that a...
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This volume describes and analyzes the elite club of individuals that the media approach for "inside information," background, or predictions concerning the outcome of still-unfolding stories. Based on a study examining three major networks' evening newscasts during 1987-1988, it reveals that a small number of white, politically conservative men associated with Washington-based think tanks, former Republican administrations, and private East Coast universities virtually monopolize political discourse in the mass media.
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Freeing Newsgathering from the Reporter's Privilege, in Yale Law Journal » Read Now
by Jaynie Randall. 8 pgs.

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Journalism: State of the Art (Chap. 4 "Journalists and Sources") » Read Now
by Jim Willis. 210 pgs.

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A necessity for the professional journalist's library, Journalism: State of the Art will prove a valuable resource for the student journalist as well. This book summarizes some 200 media studies, many from the most prestigious journal in the trade, Journalism Quarterly. In a paraphrased-synthesis...
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A necessity for the professional journalist's library, Journalism: State of the Art will prove a valuable resource for the student journalist as well. This book summarizes some 200 media studies, many from the most prestigious journal in the trade, Journalism Quarterly. In a paraphrased-synthesis format, and using informal terms, the author arranges the most interesting studies of the 1980s into eight subject headings. Offering the most current data available on media research, this book will prove a great instructional as well as reference tool. It is a must for college journalists, working press and media marketers.
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Anonymous Sources, in American Journalism Review » Read Now
by Alicia C. Shepard. 8 pgs.

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...University Journalism Professor...over the use of anonymous sources, fearing...credibility in the process...excessive use of unnamed sources in Washington...use them in the...
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In Search of Deep Throat: The Greatest Political Mystery of Our Time » Read Now
by Leonard Garment. 282 pgs.

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Big Stories, Spooky Sources, in Columbia Journalism Review » Read Now
by Chip Berlet. 5 pgs.

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...journalists tempted to use them? One reason is that, in an age of official denials...give unofficial sources the benefit...sometimes swapping sources and documents...and...
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Journalist's Privilege: When Deprivation is a Benefit, in Yale Law Journal » Read Now
by Julie M. Zampa. 8 pgs.

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...press to use its resources...interested in preserving...resource: their sources.(32) The...A number of scholars...achieved by the use of two distinct...function:(36)...
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Outtakes, Hidden Cameras, and the First Amendment: A Reporter's Privilege, in William and Mary Law Review » Read Now
by Alison Lynn Tuley. 34 pgs.

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...allow it to use illegal means...property rights of businesses...30 million in damages...investigative journalism and hidden...confidential news sources.(18) At...
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Source Utilization in Legal Journalism: Network TV News Coverage of the Timothy McVeigh Oklahoma City Bombing Trial, in Communications and the Law » Read Now
by Steven A. Esposito. 20 pgs.

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...conventions that reporters use to protect themselves from...they write (and read).(24) In practice this means that...facts" as gathered from sources of recognized...
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Journalist's Privilege in Criminal Proceedings: An Analysis of United States Courts of Appeals' Decisions from 1973 to 1999, in American Criminal Law Review » Read Now
by Karl H. Schmid. 59 pgs.

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...judges should be allowed to use the contempt power to jail...disclose their confidential sources of information"; Chaffee thought...claim of confidence except in cases of...
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The Taming of the Press: Cohen v. Cowles Media Company » Read Now
by Elliot C. Rothenberg. 288 pgs.

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Cohen v. Cowles Media Company changed the course of First Amendment media law. After a quarter century of decisions interpreting the First Amendment to give media organizations preferential treatment, the Supreme Court ruled in 1991 that the Constitution did not give the press immunity from the laws...
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Cohen v. Cowles Media Company changed the course of First Amendment media law. After a quarter century of decisions interpreting the First Amendment to give media organizations preferential treatment, the Supreme Court ruled in 1991 that the Constitution did not give the press immunity from the laws ordinary citizens must obey. The American Bar Association quarterly Communications Lawyer (Spring 1998) calls Cohen a "media law hall of fame case." The author, who was the plaintiff's sole attorney in all phases of the case, provides detailed analysis of the complexities of constitutional litigation and the strategic and tactical considerations involved in formulating constitutional arguments in the Supreme Court and other courts.
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Using Children as Sources, in Columbia Journalism Review » Read Now
by Elizabeth Stone. 3 pgs.

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...there is the conflict all journalism face between serving a...Hours who specializes in features about young people...to protect." Tompkins of the Poynter...
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The Vanessa Leggett Saga, in American Journalism Review » Read Now
by Guillermo X. Garcia. 8 pgs.

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...confidential their work product and sources of off-the-record information. Shield laws, now on the books in 31 states, have institutionalized...government has fired a shot...