April 2004     Vol. 34, No. 265     Online Edition No. 56 April cover stories: A capital crime: Journalists fail to uncover legislature's follies by Don Corrigan    Media critics, journalism reviews and academics studying the news business have long lamented that big city papers and TV news desks across the country are slackers at covering capital business. In search of intelligent design & public interest by Byron Clemens    After SJR searched the State of Missouri's official site, it found a few bills that readers might find interesting... Read it here The mean streets of Jefferson City by Byron Clemens    In conversations with two lobbyists and eight legislators, SJR found unanimity on one issue-this legislative session is one of the meanest and more divisive is recent memory. April features: Reporting failed to explain Edwards' departure by Joe Pollack When long-time media hosts and columnists suddenly vanish from sight a major furor follows. So it was with NPR's Bob Edwards a few weeks ago... Read it here Guy-talk format lands on local airwaves by Thomas Crone Though other local talk shows flirt with the concept, Brian McKenna and Joe DeNiro's "Midday Mayhem" is the first, true "guy radio" show to hit the St. Louis airwaves... A little common sense could cure radio's problems by Frank Absher Our elected representatives in Washington seem intent on convincing their constituents that they're on the job and watching out for everyone's best interests-they're moving forward because they feel it's necessary to legislate morality even if it's unconstitutional... Heart(land) attack by Benjamin Israel Andy Ayers had tickets to attend Cardinals' opening day at Busch Stadium April 5, and was excited. However, when Ayers found out that that Bush was planning to throw out the first ball, he didn't want to unwittingly become part of George Bush's campaign to become an elected president... April columns: Off the Record Print woes: newspaper revenues down, fewer jobs, less info. Channels by Tripp Frohlichstein You be the judge: A look at the stations' spins on their ratings. Sports/Media by Joe Pollack Opening-day blues. Ad/PR by Rick Stoff Where should the ad dollars go? Radio History by Frank Absher Bob Whitney comes, Jack Carney goes. AM/FM by Joe Sonderman In odd move, Craig out at WIL. Late Edition by Charles L. Klotzer News study confirms pressures on journalism. People News about St. Louis media people. Letters: What our readers have to say Read them here April online columns: Early Edition -- Up is down by Ed Bishop Editor Ed Bishop looks at how the media is still not reporting the real story about the Bush administration and the war in Iraq... Read it here Media/Politics -- A real roll call by Terry Jones Terry Jones looks at an annual ranking of the most conservative and liberal politicians... Read it here Search the STLJR website! powered by FreeFind Contents © 1995-2004 The St. Louis Journalism Review Inc., a non-profit corporation. This site looks best at 800x600 or better screen resolution using a Version 5 or greater Flash and Java-enabled browser with text size set at Medium. Please send design suggestions and problem reports to [email protected].