In all three sessions, panelists formal papers will be collected and published in a book to be given to each participant attending the National Media Ethics and Law Conference. A blue-colored Conference information and registration form is included with this Bulletin. By Genelle Belmas, Jennifer Lambe, and William Babcock. The American public is becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the media. While the public s wrath is not directed against newspapers alone, it is clear that, amid steadily declining readership, newspapers must have a stake in trying not only to manage their credibility, but also to be more accessible and responsive to public needs and desires.
News councils are one possible mechanism for increasing understanding between the press and public.
This paper examines the determinations of the Council in which newspapers are respondents. Copyright 2000 Silha Center at the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved.