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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.

New York Times Code of Conduct (PDF)

American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), July 30, 2006

Click below for a link to the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE)'s reprint of the New York Times Code of Conduct.

http://www.asne.org/images/newyorktimesethics.pdf

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