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Most Gannett reporters give their bosses high marks for sensitivity, but some are worried that such high-pressure incentives can lead to the worst type of tokenism. "To put a black face on the front page because you haven't had a black face on the front page for three weeks, that's insulting," says USA Today reporter Mike McQueen. Others say the push to represent minorities in mainstream stories too often replaces solid minority coverage. "Mainstreaming won't persuade minorities to buy the paper if we don't cover them and their issues," says one reporter...
...Federal Government dumped a hefty chunk of coal into Jim Bakker's Christmas stocking last week. In a 28-page indictment, the former top man of the scandal-plagued PTL TV ministry was charged with 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy. His wife and co-star Tammy Faye, televangelism's dolled-up super- shopper, escaped by an eyelash, but three associates were also charged: PTL's former No. 2 administrator, Richard Dortch, and Bakker aides David and James Taggart...
...addition, there are mystery novels, short stories and a two-volume, 1,500-page autobiography: "I did a Dick Cavett segment on June 3. It was my fourth time with him. This time I was publicizing The Sensuous Dirty Old Man, so I came out with a bra over my eyes . . . It was the silliest thing I ever did on television, and I was sorry I had agreed to do it even as I stepped out onto the stage...
...University. For 16 years, Brand worked at the Wall Street Journal, where as a science reporter he won an American Association for the Advancement of Science-Westinghouse Science Journalism Award for stories on protein research and artificial intelligence. After a few years of helping edit the paper's front page, he went to London as a Journal correspondent. Among his assignments was a visit to Siberia to report on Soviet science. He joined TIME as a senior editor in 1983, where one of his first duties was editing a cover article on the dangers of cholesterol. Eighteen months ago, Brand...
Geffen's entertainment mill is still working overtime. To buttress his roster of established stars (among them: Don Henley and Jimmy Page), he is breaking in such new musical talent as Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians and the Australian ingenue Kylie Minogue. Geffen has three films under way, including Men Don't Leave, starring Jessica Lange. His next Broadway candidate is Miss Saigon, a musical by the composers of Les Miserables...