Media Talk; News Media's Eye Turns More to Children
Date: 12 July 1999
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Study conducted by Prof Dale Kunkel for child advocacy group finds coverage of children has become more of priority at major national newspapers and television news networks; also finds that when children appear in news reports, it is less often as victims or perpetrators of crimes than was case five years ago, and more often in articles related to health, safety and cultural issues; Kunkel found that in 1998, there was 37 percent increase in number of newspaper articles about children and no change in amount of television time devoted to children by major television networks (M)
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The Way We Live Now: 7-11-99: Word & Image; Hidden in the Web
Date: 11 July 1999
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel article says consumers of on-line news pay for their 'free' news by exposing themselves to precisely targeted advertising and may eventually pay by getting a diminished product; notes that while billions of dollars are being invested into development and control of the means of information transmission, investment in the actual gathering and analysis of the news is in apparent decline except at a handful of traditional news organizations; photo (L)
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Big Turnout for Minority Journalists
Date: 12 July 1999
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
More than 5,000 minority journalists attend second national convention of Unity: Journalists of Color Inc, to debate what news organizations must do to put world in focus; assumption is that major news organizations will have continuing trouble keeping their audiences; convention includes job fair at which scores of news organizations interview minority candidates; number of Hispanic, Native American, Asian and black newspaper journalists has risen to only 11.55 percent from 10.49 percent five years ago; Census Bureau estimates that 28 percent of country's population belongs to one of those four minority groups; photo (M)
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A Newspaper War Unfolds in Red Bank
Date: 11 July 1999
By Lisa Suhay
Lisa Suhay
Article on controversy among Two River Times, weekly newspaper in Red Bank, NJ, owned by Geraldo Rivera, and competing weeklies The Hub and The Tri City News; Rivera has decided not to sell his paper and has made disparaging remarks about his competition; photos (M)
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Media Talk; Time Editor Is Critical of Brill's Content
Date: 12 July 1999
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Norman Pearlstine, editor in chief of Time Inc, writes blistering letter to Steven Brill, whose magazine, Brill's Content, featured article which dismantled Time article on corporate welfare; Pearlstine notes that Brill has professional relationship with corporate executive criticized in Time's article; Brill says he is undisturbed by Pearlstine's accusation; photo (M)
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Magic Names Davis As an Assistant
Date: 12 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Orlando Magic names Johnny Davis as assistant coach (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 12 July 1999
INTERNATIONAL A3-9 A Plan Is Reached For Kashmir Withdrawal India and Pakistan said that rival forces battling for the past two months over the Indian state of Kashmir would begin a phased withdrawal, heralding an end to the latest confrontation between the world's newest nuclear powers. A1 Step Toward Mideast Peace Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, and Ehud Barak, the new Prime Minister of Israel, said that a new era of peacemaking lay ahead at the first Israeli-Palestinian summit meeting in seven months. A1
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Date: 11 July 1999
INTERNATIONAL 3-12 Congo Cease-Fire Signed But Without the Rebels The warring parties in the Congo signed a cease-fire in Lusaka, Zambia, after months of negotiations. But, in a last-minute twist after 13 hours of delay, the two rebel groups fighting to oust the Kinshasa Government were not allowed to sign. 10 Demonstration by China Sect Nearly 1,000 members of a spiritual movement known as Falun Gong protested for two days in a southern Chinese city last week, despite a Beijing crackdown on the group, a rights organization reported. 6
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Man Accused of Killing A Woman in Error
Date: 11 July 1999
Marvin Johns is charged with shooting and killing Aileen Maldonado as she was sitting on stoop of her Bedford-Stuyvesant building on July 3; police say he intended to shoot someone else (S)
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