Thinking Clearly

Tom Rosentiel serves as director of The Project for Excellence in Journalism, and as vice chairman for the Committee of Concerned Journalists. He has also been a media critic for the Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, and a chief congressional correspondent for Newsweek. His other published works include Warpspeed: America in the Age of Mixed Media, Strange Bedfellows: How Television and the Presidential Candidates Changed American Politics, The Road to Here, and The Beat Goes On: President Clinton's First Year with the Media. Amy S. Mitchell is the associate director of The Project for Excellence in Journalism, where she heads research and educational initiatives.

• Introduction, by James W. Carey 1. McCarthyism, 1950-1954, by John Herbers 2. Internet Journalism and the Starr Investigation, by J.D. Lasica 3. Columbine School Shooting: Live Television Coverage, by Alicia C. Shepard 4. Minnesota Basketball Cheating Case, by Geneva Overholser 5. The Massacre in El Mozote, by Stanley Meisler 6. Watergate, by James M. Perry 7. New Orleans Times-Picayune Series on Racism, by Jack Nelson 8. John McCain's 2000 Presidential Campaign: Political Reporting, by Jon Margolis