Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. HORACE BRISTOL, 88, LIFE photojournalist who traveled with Steinbeck to chronicle the migrant workers who inspired The Grapes of Wrath; in Ojai, Calif. When his wife committed suicide in 1956, Bristol destroyed many of his negatives and abandoned his profession until the 1980s.
"Our profession has an ancient watchword: 'First do no harm,'" said Herschbach at the conference. "With managed health care, we can do better. Henceforth let us always boldly act on the first law of New Medicine: 'First do nothing.'"
A year ago, knowing he was dying, Arthur Liman told me he wanted to write about his life as a lawyer. He had a notion that he could inspire young lawyers to regard our profession as he did--a way to serve the public interest. Arthur was worried that publishers...
Sex. Scandal. Illicit activities. There. Now you're reading...or at least that's what the newspapers would lead you to believe. Tabloids like the National Enquirer and The Star make their money from tawdry journalism--if yellow journalism was the sobriquet for sketchy political writing and slightly unconventional reporting...
Unfortunately, the balance I am yearning for is frustratingly elusive. Freedom of the press is a central tenet of any viable-democracy. A legal limitation on that freedom would be devastating. But the laxity of standards and the lure of cash have put the journalistic profession in a precarious position...