Archive: Jun 2005

Helping Armenian Reporters Dig Deeper

By Lucinda Fleeson• Opinion• June 15, 2005

More in-depth and better-documented stories began to be told after an intensive training program. Read more

The Nieman Reunion: A Time to Talk and Listen

By Bob Giles• From the Curator• June 15, 2005

‘I understand better our obligation to expand communication about the program through the tools of e-mail and the Web.’ Read more

A Challenging Experience in Cape Verde

By Rui Araujo• Opinion• June 15, 2005

‘There are journalists who justify their apathy with the lack of [good working] conditions.’ Read more

Training Iraqi Translators How to Act as Reporters

By Patrick J. McDonnell• Journalist’s Trade• June 15, 2005

With concerns about safety, ‘our interpreters became something much more than translators.’ Read more

Press Silence Before Rwanda’s Genocide

By Jacques A. Rivard• Opinion• June 15, 2005

‘If any of my students reacted against the government’s methods of control, they feared for their lives.’ Read more

When Journalism Training Isn’t Enough

By Sue Valentine• International Journalism• June 15, 2005

‘… our newsrooms are impoverished, and it will take much more than training courses to correct the situation.’ Read more

Trust: What It Means for Journalism

By Karen Stephenson• Opinion• June 15, 2005

‘For people to have trust in this profession, to whom do they look for various standards, for professionalization, of the journalistic craft?’ Read more

An American Correspondent Brings Africa Out of the Shadows

By Wilson Wanene• Books• June 15, 2005

‘Western reporters in Africa get away with an ignorance that would not be tolerated if they were assigned to other world regions ….’ Read more

The Global Poverty Beat

By Chris Waddle• Books• June 15, 2005

‘What choices will news organizations make in the years ahead about coverage of the world’s poor and their problems?’ Two new books provide direction. Read more

A Remembrance of Foreign Reporting

By John Maxwell Hamilton• Books• June 15, 2005

In ‘Bad News,’ a retired network correspondent eulogizes the decline of foreign news reporting. Read more