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Article: The Human Journalist: Reporters, Perspectives, and Emotions/Shop Talk & War Stories: American Journalists Examine Their Profession
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- Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
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- April 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Spring 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Willis, Jim (2003). The Human Journalist: Reporters, Perspectives, and Emotions. Westport, CN: Praeger. pp. 159.
Winburn, Jan (2003). Shop Talk & War Stories: American Journalists Examine Their Profession. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, pp. 274.
Years ago, as a teaching assistant in an undergraduate course in public opinion, I helped three dozen journalism majors discuss the circumstances and consequences of how the public learned tennis legend Arthur Ashe had AIDS. He wanted to keep his medical condition private; USA To day trumped his desire for privacy by publishing his condition.
The students discussed the ethical and reporting dilemmas that USA Today faced. Did Ashe, as a public ...