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1997
NOVEMBER
November 28, 1997
An Online Offensive
One newspaper's economic and editorial pressures in cyberspace.


November 4, 1997
Forum: Surviving the Unabomber
Should journalism be "judgmental?"

OCTOBER
October 20, 1997
Southeast Asian Economies
Phil Ponce talks with Michael Zielenziger of the San Jose Mercury News about the dynamics of Southeast Asian economies.


October 8, 1997
Poland's Transformation
Phil Ponce talks with Dean Murphy, bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times in Warsaw, Poland.

SEPTEMBER
September 9, 1997
Searchable Peace?
Jim Lehrer takes a look at the histories of former American secretaries of state in light of Madeleine Albright's trip to the Middle East.


September 5, 1997
Regional Reactions
The reaction to Princess Diana's death has grown and astounded audiences around the world.


September 2, 1997
The Princess and the Press
Do the events leading up to Diana's death suggest an amoral press?


September 2, 1997
Remembering The 1994 Genocide
Philip Gourevitch, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of a book due out next year on the 1994 Rwandan genocide, discusses the Rwandan Killings.

AUGUST
August 25, 1997
Frank Gibney Jr.
Charles Krause speaks with Frank Gibney Jr. Time Magazine's Tokyo Correspondent.

JULY
July 22, 1997
David Hoffman
Elizabeth Farnsworth speaks with David Hoffman, the Washington Post's Moscow correspondent since 1995.


July 7, 1997
William Montalbano
William Montalbano, London bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, discusses Tony Blair, Hong Kong, and the overall feel of the English atmosphere.


July 7, 1997
Tea Time
William Montalbano, London bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, discusses Tony Blair, Hong Kong and the overall feel of the English atmosphere.


July 4, 1997
End of the Road
Jim Lehrer remembers the work of Charles Kuralt.


July 1, 1997
Outside Opinions
Kicking off the Foreign Correspondence series is Mary Jordan, the North East Asian co-bureau chief for the Washington Post.

JUNE
June 18, 1997
Not Going to Disneyland
Southern Baptists voted to boycott Disney, saying its depiction of gays and violence are "anti-Christian and anti-family." Jim Lehrer leads a debate.


June 13, 1997
Goodbye, Good Friend
After 20 terrific years with the NewsHour, national correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault bids us farewell. She's moving to South Africa to become National Public Radio's bureau chief there.


June 13, 1997
Forum: Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Join us in saying goodbye to Charlayne Hunter-Gault.


June 6, 1997
Blurring the Lines
The decision by Susan Molinari, R-N.Y., to leave Congress and join CBS News has rekindled the debate over whether journalists and politicians can switch jobs and remain credible.

APRIL
April 22, 1997
Hell & High Water
One of the casualties of the flood and the weekend fire that demolished 11 downtown buildings in Grand Forks, N.D., was the local newspaper. The staff of the Herald, though, was determined to prove that it, like the town, would survive.


April 10, 1997
Unwired
The cable television industry has dug up the streets and wired just about every community in America. But there are wireless ways to deliver TV signals, and those alternatives are trying to knock cable off its throne.


April 10, 1997
It's a Smaller World
The new buzzword in the communications industry is "synergy." But what is the price of synergy, and is it good for the consumer?


April 7, 1997
Credibility Matters
A recent national poll found a majority of Americans do not trust the people who bring them the news each day. We gathered a group of people in Denver to discuss American journalism.


April 2, 1997
Free TV
TV advertising has become the most expensive part of running for political office. We look at free TV time for political candidates in a continuing look at campaign finance reform.

JANUARY
January 15, 1997
Forum: Clinton's Second Term: Reporters' Views
What do journalists who report on Clinton expect from his second term?

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