Word: editor
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Downie explained that such restraints on his personal convictions stem from a deep sense of fair play: How could an editor fulfill his high calling of accurately portraying the election news, knowing he favored one of the candidates being covered...
Although one could imagine a host of issues that might sway Downie, for both personal and professional reasons--such as which candidate will appoint a Supreme Court that is less restrictive of press freedoms, or who is more likely to raise taxes--the Managing Editor will not be lured so easily. With the bad rap special interest groups have received in recent years, one can understand his reticence...
Founded in 1908 by the Church of Christ, Scientist, the Boston-based Monitor was created, in the words of its first editor, Archibald McLellan, to "publish the real news of the world in a clean, wholesome manner" -- a rarity in an era of yellow journalism. It soon won a reputation for thoughtful, analytical coverage of foreign events. In the 1970s, however, its readership began to dwindle. Worldwide circulation last year was 176,000 -- up from a 1982 low of 144,000 but still small for a national daily. Worse, the median age of its readers is a mature...
...newscast has some impressive credentials. Its anchor is former NBC and CBS Correspondent John Hart, and its managing editor is Sandy Socolow, once a top producer of the CBS Evening News. The show, with its mauve, lavender and salmon-colored set, has a polished network look, though its focus on foreign news would be shunned by network news chiefs. "To us," says Executive Producer Daniel Wilson, "Washington is just another world capital...
...venture has caused dismay among some Monitor staffers, who worry that it is diverting resources and may signal that church officials are losing faith in their flagship publication. Company executives deny this. "The paper is the fundamental building block on which the other elements rest," says Editor Katherine Fanning. Yet she concedes that among the staff "there is concern about these things being a great deal on our plate at the moment...