Word: journalists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alchemy of experience into story is as old as fiction itself. Some 3,000 instances of the process appear in The Originals, a witty and thorough compendium that traces novels, plays and tales back to their sources. No matter how extravagant the characters seem on the page, claims British Journalist William Amos, every one of them was based on an actual person...
...seems reasonable to expect those who wish to engage in polemic to get their facts straight. When the wager of a polemic is a journalist, such a responsibility seems all the more incumbent. A "Brass Tacks" piece by Steven Lichtman entitled "Our Shantytown," whose salient point was that SASC should tear the shanties down, seemed sadly misinformed. This misinformation was entirely avoidable. Lichtman might have joined the hundreds of people who have asked questions at the information desk of the Open University during the last five weeks, and saved himself the burden of writing a shoddy article...
...participatory journalist, Gail Sheehy makes news almost as often as she reports it. She has been widely criticized for writing nonfiction with composite characters and compressed time. Ten years ago, she made an out- of-court settlement in a plagiarism suit involving her best-selling book Passages. Spirit of Survival is practically all Sheehy, and that is an even bigger problem. Her effort to popularize a psychology of survival is hopelessly muddled by her need to dramatize herself. Sheehy, a middle-aged single mother and the companion of Magazine Editor Clay Felker, jets off to Thailand to write a story...
...nothing novel about a news organization acceding to ground rules in pursuit of a story, and that includes pledging not to disclose details of where interviews took place. Most reporters also seem to shy away from any definitive prohibition on interviewing fugitives, even those wanted for murder. "We as journalists don't see ourselves as an extension of any law- enforcement agency," says John Seigenthaler, editorial page editor of USA Today. "What the journalist has to consider is whether the information to be gained is so vital that it tips the scale in favor of granting protection to a fugitive...
...Wellesley is an institution with an enrollment of 2400, twice the number reported in your column. It has a widespread reputation for top-notch academics and has received Barron's rating of "Most Competitive," matching that of Harvard. These statistics reveal an image contrary to the one your sloppy journalist painted, in which Wellesley is merely a place to "find girlfriends," and later underscored with freshman Slawson's comment, "The only reason to come to Wellesley is to socialize." In fact, a large number of Wellesley's students elect to seek weekend entertainment off campus because the serious acdemic environment...