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FRANCE SAYS "NON!" TO CERTAIN PHOTOS
posted August 7
A new French law will soon ban the publication of photos that a government panel decides are harmful to the subject's dignity. Outraged journalists say the law will prevent them from doing their jobs.

By Kimberly Conniff

SUSPECT SOURCING
posted July 20
Ken Starr's former spokesman admits he was a source for a New York Times story. So why did the Times say he wouldn't talk?
By Kimberly Conniff

THE EXECUTIONER'S SHOW
posted July 18 2000
When the Guatemalan government invited television cameras into an execution chamber last month , some American news channels chose to broadcast the footage, while others passed. How did the news directors decide?
By Jane Manners

HATE SPEECH OR FREE SPEECH?
posted June 28 2000
After a Kosovar Albanian newspaper printed the name of a Serb and called him a war criminal, he turned up dead. Now the United Nations is involved -- and press freedom is at stake.
By Jane Manners

MOTHERS WHO THINK... THEY'RE ON STAFF
posted June 23 2000
It must have been hard for Salon editor-in-chief David Talbot to include his wife in the recent layoffs. But, lucky for Talbot, his wife was already on unpaid leave.
By Elizabeth Angell

FOX'S VIDEO RAMPAGE
posted June 16 2000
By broadcasting amateur video of the Central Park mob attack, did some news stations revictimize the victims?
By Julie Scelfo

TWICE COOKED
posted June 16 2000
Renowned chef David Ruggerio's new cookbook looks like a winner. But some of the recipes look very familiar.
By Mimi Sheraton

BIG TOBACCO'S TURNAROUND
posted June 9 2000
How Philip Morris may save billions by pulling ads from 40 magazines.
By Kimberly Conniff

SURVIVOR STRATEGIES
posted June 8 2000
With the closure of APB News and cutbacks at Salon, it's been a bad week for online journalism. How can news sites make it?
By Jane Manners

ONE LESS MEDIA CRIT
posted June 7 2000
Why did NewsWatch.org, a celebrated media criticism site, bite the dust?
By Elizabeth Angell

THE SOPRANOS' DUBIOUS PEABODY AWARD
posted June 5 2000
The HBO mob-hit drama, The Sopranos, has won a Peabody award, given for "meritorious public service." You got a problem with that?
By Julie Scelfo


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