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The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect

Completely updated and revised
"The most important book on the relationship of journalism and democracy published in the last fifty years." – Roy Peter Clark, The Poynter Institute

We Interrupt This Newscast: How to Improve Local News and Win Ratings, Too

Just Released
A landmark study on what people watch and why. The most exhaustive study ever of local TV news -- what helps ratings, what drives viewers away, and what editorial approaches and story-telling techniques most influence viewership.

RTNDA Guidelines on Balancing Business Pressures and Journalism Values

Radio-Television News Directors Association, September 1, 2000

"Professional electronic journalists should gather and report news without fear or favor, and vigorously resist undue influence from any outside forces, including advertisers, sources, story subjects, powerful individuals and special-interest groups." The Radio-Television News Directors Association declared this traditional journalistic value when it revised the RTNDA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct in September 2000.

http://www.rtnda.org/ethics/balance.html

 

 

 

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