Word: editor
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Howard Simons, the former managing editor of The Washington Post, said that "part of the conservatism [in newspapers today], and by conservatism I mean less risk taking, is that in many cities you have one newspaper or one overwhelmingly dominant newspaper...In the old days, when you had two or three newspapers per city, if you had an aggrieved party or someone who wanted to tip you to a really juicy story...and one newspaper didn't want it for whatever reasons--political, ideological or otherwise--you could always walk across the street to another newspaper...
...Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting pointed out that since 1986, NBC has been owned by General Electric, the second largest nuclear power producer in the U.S. G.E. didn't write the documentary, or control how the French accidents were covered, but if you were an NBC reporter or news editor, would you want to investigate a story that might displease your bosses...
...weeks ago, Bill Kovach, the highly-respected editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution resigned after a disagreement with his publisher. The New York Times reported that "some staff members suggested that the management of the Atlanta newspapers had been under pressure to rein in Mr. Kovach because of his aggressive coverage of [Atlanta's] business community." According to the Times article, the newspaper's investigations had angered David Easterly, president of Cox Enterprises, Inc., which owns the Journal Constitution. Cox Communications is also one of the 15 corporations that own most of the American press...
...sixth-grade year because of intensive chemotherapy but insisted on being promoted with his class. In spite of significant physical limitations, Tom strove to be normal and did more than succeed. He graduated third in his class with high honors from Noble and Greenough High School, where he was editor-in-chief of the campus literary magazine, captained the golf team and won the school's highest award for creative writing in his senior year...
...style, independent-minded editors like Fanning and Kovach, such compromises are intolerable. But others argue that the rules of journalism have changed, and there is simply no going back. Says Fancher: "An editor who says to the publisher, 'I just want to concern myself with what's happening; you worry about making money' -- that editor doesn't last long." On the other hand, it is important for publishers to realize that quality and integrity are in themselves good investments, even if they sometimes hurt the short-term bottom line. "If the measuring stick is only profit," says Burl Osborne...