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Presents suggestions to aspiring motion picture actors and actresses on handling interviews with the press and reporters. Being accompanied by a stunning model; George Clooney's promotion of the film "Ocean's Eleven"; Charming persona no reporter can resist; Style secrets of actress Tea Leoni; Parlaying talents into other show business arenas.

Reports the statement by U.S. President George W. Bush that there were questions about the authenticity of documents featured in a CBS News report suggesting that he received preferential treatment in the Texas National Guard. Bush's personal inspection of the documents; Confidence at the White House that the documents would be proved false; People involved in the reporting process.

The author reflects on the diversity of reporters and staffs that should be in a news organization in the U.S. It mentions that only 2 in the 20-plus news reporters who covered the 2016 presidential campaign for The New York Times are African Americans and none were Latinos. It adds that the periodical Metro has only three Latino among its 42 reporters. It also discusses the need for news agencies to make their staffs less homogenous.

The article reports that news organizations have grown increasingly skeptical of science journals such as "Science," "The Lancet," and the "Journal of the American Medical Association" (JAMA). The author reviews the case of South Korean genetic researcher Dr. Hwang Wook Suk, whose finding were found to be fabricated after being published in "Science." Comments from "Washington Post" science report Rob Stein are included.

MOSCOW -- An opposition protest in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi was violently broken up by riot police officers late Wednesday, scattering about a thousand demonstrators who had occupied a viewing stand where President Mikheil Saakashvili was scheduled to preside over a military parade on Thursday. As the crowds were dispersing in clouds of tear gas, a car in a three-car motorcade fleeing the violence ran down and killed a policeman, according to news agencies. The news agencies reported that the car was carrying Georgia's most prominent opposition leader, Nino Burdzhanadze, or her bodyguards. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

On some days, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg can be quite charming and courteous with the press, congratulating reporters who have gotten married or given birth. Monday was not one of those days. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COURTING THE PRESS In Many Tongues [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When Michigan State's starters took questions from the news media, the dominant topic was the proximity of their campus to the Final Four. Reporters wondered if the almost-hometown Spartans could lift Detroit's sagging spirits or if it would be a distraction to the team. ''We have the whole city behind our back,'' Kalin Lucas said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A photograph showing four Iranian missiles heading skyward in unison was ''apparently digitally altered'' by Iranian state media, the news agency Agence France-Presse said Thursday. One of the missiles appears to be merely a copied image. But by the time that fact was reported, the photo had appeared on the front pages of The Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times, The Chicago Tribune and several other newspapers as well as on many major news Web sites, including nytimes.com, BBC News, MSNBC and Yahoo! News. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Relates the author's experience attempting to report on U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's election campaign for "The New York Times." The lack of seats for reporters on Air Force Two; Author's efforts to attend Cheney's campaign events every day; Images of Cheney.

Discusses the evolution of news coverage and delivery. Effects of the combination of new sources of news on newsmakers, media and the public; Impact of the increasing need for speed in news delivery on television networks and newspaper companies; Rise of saturation in media coverage.

Offers thoughts on political reporters and the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. Attitudes of the reporters; Opportunities for reporters to meet their public; Comments of reporters, including Howard Fineman, chief political reporter for "Newsweek"; Aspects of convention reporting; How frustration is a part of the media experience; Rituals and drama during the conventions.

Features investigative reporter Seymour M. Hersh. Subjects of reporting; Awards and criticisms received; Articles wrote.

Reports that Martin Bashir, the British television journalist whose exclusive 2003 interview with Michael Jackson attracted some of the biggest television audiences of the season in both the U.S. and Great Britain, is close to a deal to move to the ABC News department. Details surrounding the negotiations; Details on the success of the reports done by the journalist.

Comments on how the U.S. press has fallen into cultural disfavor. How episodes of television show "Law and Order" were based on The New York Times' Jayson Blair scandal; "Shattered Glass," a film about The New Republic's Stephen Glass; Comments of Billy Ray, the film's writer-director; Author's view that the larger culture in which Blair and Glass thrived has done more longterm damage to the press; Thoughts on the atmosphere that pervades high-end journalism; The media and celebrities; Significance of Steven Soderbergh's series "K Street":" Mention of foreign correspondent Walter Durranty.

Discusses the implications of all-consuming news stories in American culture. Experience of the author being caught up in a news drama involving 'The New York Times'; Discussion of elements that are central to these stories; Coverage of the 'New York Times' scandal; Role of the Internet; Destructive side of such a news story.

Discusses New York State Governor George E. Pataki and a fund-raising letter that he wrote to supporters. Comments in the letter about liberals; Confusion over who Pataki was referring to; Possibility that Pataki's comments were geared toward the press in relation to his budget plan.

Discusses the top 100 works of United States journalism for the century compiled by 36 judges under the aegis of New York University's journalism department as of February 1999. Mention of the stories of journalist John Hersey, Rachel Carson, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Edward R. Murrow and Ida Tarbell.