What jayson blair and janet cooke say about the press and the erosion of public trust1

Journalism Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 828-850

  Jones Patterson, Maggie ^a   Urbanski, Steve ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Janet Cooke; Jayson Blair; Journalism ethics; Mission statement; Public trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957593515     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700600980488     Document Type: Article

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