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Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:13 PM

Selling out the news?

Las Vegas TV station KWU apparently has decided to react to the drop in advertising dollars many news operations are experiencing by product placement on its newscasts.  Anchors recently delivered the news with iced coffees from a popular
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:11 AM

Student questions I'm still pondering today

A couple of questions asked by Randy Brown’s class last night still have me thinking today. Both related to quality and ethics. What happens to quality, one young man asked, when you’re covering breaking news in this immediate on-line
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:32 PM

Keep an ear for an ethical echo

I know I preach a lot about getting audio. I think it’s the easiest transition for print reporters to make, because they already are comfortable with recording interviews. We all just need to learn to keep our mouths shut and listen more,
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