Archive: Jun 2004

U.S. Newspapers Decide Which Images of the Fallujah Killings to Publish

By David D. Perlmutter and Lesa Hatley Major• June 15, 2004

Cheering Iraqis with burning SUV. Photo by Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images. Akron Beacon Journal Anchorage Daily News (cropped) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Boston Globe Chicago Sun-Times The (Cleveland) Plain … Read more

Journalism and Trauma: A Long Overdue Conjunction

By Roger Simpson• Trauma-informed Journalism• June 15, 2004

Covering violence ‘chews at the vitality of those who must cover it day after day.’ Read more

The Psychological Hazards of War Journalism

By Anthony Feinstein• June 15, 2004

A psychiatrist examines how journalists respond to what they witness and report. Read more

When a Story Inhabits the Mind

By Thomas de Waal• June 15, 2004

‘… I rely on a brave group of Chechen journalists to keep me— and my readers—informed.’ Read more

Acting as a Witness to a Forgotten War

By Anne Nivat• June 15, 2004

‘Even if nobody for whom I write this story cares, it is difficult for me to forget Chechnya.’ Read more

Securing the Right to Be Heard

By Kay Mills• Books• June 15, 2004

A new book explores how a 1960’s case about race in Mississippi transformed television news and the Federal Communications Commission. Read more

Digging Beneath Quotes to Tell the Story

By David Cay Johnston• Books• June 15, 2004

A reporter decides to ‘cover what government does instead of what politicians say.’ Read more

Measuring the News Media’s Effectiveness

By Dante Chinni• Books• June 15, 2004

A new annual report locates plenty of contradictory trends and perceptions. Read more

Portraits of the Wounded

By Nina Berman• June 15, 2004

A photojournalist conveys the lives and feelings of those injured in the Iraq War. Read more

Telling Stories the Military Doesn’t Want Told

By Dan Olmsted• June 15, 2004

If war is hell, then the aftermath for too many of those who fought the war in Iraq is worthy of another biblical metaphor—purgatory. Last fall, UPI’s Mark Benjamin got a call from the husband of a soldier who … Read more