Thinking Clearly

About this book

Written by leading professional journalists and classroom-tested at schools of journalism Thinking Clearly is designed to provoke conversation about the issues that shape the production and presentation of the news in the twenty-first century. These case studies depict real-life moments when people working in the news had to make critical decisions. Bearing on questions of craft ethics competition and commerce they cover a range of topicsthe commercial imperatives of newsroom culture standards of verification the competition of public and private interests including the question of privacyin a variety of key episodes: Watergate the Richard Jewell case John McCains 2000 presidential campaign and the Columbine shooting among others.