Wing Tang Wong

This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on April 1, 1993. The length of the article is 3784 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.From the supplier: The financial success of the news magazine format in prime time television has created ethical problems because of pressure to generate a profit. The cost reduction policies of the 1980s are blamed for converting broadcast news from a money-losing but credible institution to entertainment. The financial stakes are high, since the profits from news magazine programing are much higher than entertainment programming because of the relative production costs. The producers of prime time news programming see the challenge in maintaining journalistic and ethical standards in the face of financial pressure.Citation DetailsTitle: Money changes everything. (profit motive behind news digest programming causes loss of credibility)Author: David ZurawikPublication: American Journalism Review (Refereed)Date: April 1, 1993Publisher: University of MarylandVolume: v15 Issue: n3 Page: p26(5)Distributed by Thomson Gale