Issue Archive
2024
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Winter/Spring 2024
'Unparalleled and Unprecedented'
Since Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israeli settlements and a music festival, some 97 journalists and media workers have been killed in the conflict.…
2023
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Winter 2023
What Open-Source Journalism Reveals
More than nine months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the online methods for tracking this war are many and proliferating, including the most obvious…
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Spring 2023
Journalism in Exile
Across the globe, press freedoms have eroded, with Reporters Without Borders (RSF) citing a record 28 countries as having “very bad” press freedom violations in 2022,…
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Summer 2023
Riding the A.I. Wave
From image generators like DALL-E to the chatbot ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has experienced a boom recently — and journalists are beginning to grapple with what…
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Fall 2023
85th Anniversary Issue: The Story I Couldn't Let Go
“Stories stalk you. Stories beguile you. They bewitch you. It’s not easy to fend them off, even when you’ve vowed you will,” Susan Orlean writes…
2022
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Winter 2022
The New Look of the Labor Beat
Once considered a marquee assignment, the labor beat spent years on the decline. Over the past decade, however, the beat has bounced back to cover…
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Spring 2022
Fighting for a Free Press in Ukraine — and Beyond
In recent years, journalism in Ukraine and other post-Soviet states has been in flux, with editorial independence reliant on foreign entities, funding in constant deficit,…
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Summer 2022
Reporting at Risk
From Kashmir to Russia to Mexico and beyond, journalism is under threat. Reporters Without Borders estimates that nearly three-quarters of the 180 countries on its…
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Fall 2022
How Political Coverage is Changing to Get Beyond Polarization
Over the past few years, Americans have become increasingly polarized, having trouble even simply talking to each other and agreeing on basic facts. A 2020…
2021
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Summer-Fall 2021
Lessons From The Pandemic
Hope that the coronavirus is finally being brought under control has prompted plans for a return to “normal.” But can, or should, journalism return to…
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Spring 2021
Covering The Police
“What if the people storming the Capitol on January 6 had been Black?” It’s a question posed by many after the events of January 6,…
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Winter 2021
What's Next...
As a new President and his administration prepare to take office, many previous norms around the relationship between the press and the White House will take…
2020
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Fall 2020
The Newsrooms We Need Now
As American society grapples with growing demands for racial justice, American newsrooms are struggling with how to appropriately respond. Beyond making newsrooms more diverse, how…
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Summer 2020
Racial Reckoning
As the coronavirus pandemic wears on and the racial justice movement in the U.S. continues to amplify in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, American…
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Spring 2020
Covering the Coronavirus
As the world continues to grapple with the health, social, and financial implications of the coronavirus pandemic, journalists have responded to the unprecedented challenge of…
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Winter 2020
How to Make Climate Coverage Personal, Relevant, and Urgent
The volume of climate change coverage has been on the uptick in recent years, and hardly a day goes by when climate change and its…
2019
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Fall 2019
Journalism Under Fire in Hong Kong
As Hong Kong’s worst political crisis in decades continues, independent media outlets are stepping up to cover the turmoil. As the city’s strong tradition of…
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Summer 2019
Not a 'Crime of Passion'
While the #MeToo movement has highlighted the need to take sexual assault seriously, there hasn’t been the same kind of cultural reckoning concerning domestic violence.…
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Spring 2019
Why Newsrooms are Unionizing Now
When Gawker employees voted to unionize back in 2015, it was the first major news site to take that step. The now-defunct outlet’s move sparked…
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Winter 2019
Journalism Under Pressure
It’s no secret that the media industry—in the U.S., in Central Europe, and around the world—finds itself in deep trouble these days, struggling to stay…
2018
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Summer-Fall 2018
Nieman 80: Journalism That Makes a Difference
How are great journalists made? Often, it’s pieces of great journalism that help form them, influencing their lives or careers in an indelible way. To…
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Spring 2018
Reinventing Local TV News
Local TV news is still what the majority of Americans turn to to keep informed, with more people getting their news from television than any…
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Winter 2018
Covering Addiction
These days, there’s no shortage of news documenting the toll of the opioid epidemic, from profiles of lives cut short by an overdose to features…
2017
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Fall 2017
The News Industry Has a Sexual Harassment Problem. #NowWhat?
In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein allegations, as women in all industries have come forward with their own stories of sexual harassment, a cascade…
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Summer 2017
Where Are the Mothers?
In the conversation about how to create more diversity and gender balance in newsrooms, one group has been routinely ignored: mothers. So what are newsrooms…
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Spring 2017
A New Focus
Newsroom diversity—racial, ethnic, gender and socioeconomic—has received a lot of attention since last year’s election, but a lack of equity and inclusivity among those who…
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Winter 2017
Covering Sexual Assault
At a time when high-profile cases of rape and sexual assault continue to make the news with depressing regularity, the need for fair, ethical, and…
2016
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Fall 2016
What Journalists Must Do Next
In the wake of the presidential election, as journalists continue to critique their coverage, the urgency for new approaches to political reporting has been underscored…
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Summer 2016
The Pulitzer Centennial
The effects of power may be obvious—high office, laws, riches, regulations, even life and death—but power itself is only an idea, one that journalists have…
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Spring 2016
Covering the Campaign
In a year in which there’s been a sprawling presidential race, a fractured media landscape, and unprecedented opportunities for candidates to appeal directly to voters,…
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Winter 2016
Beyond the “Coming Out” Story
Transgender people—models, actors, musicians, authors, athletes, soldiers—have increasingly entered the public consciousness. With this increased visibility has come increased media coverage. But despite this progress,…
2015
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Fall 2015
Storytelling and Social Media
Journalists have long viewed Facebook and Twitter as tools for reporting and promoting their work. Recently though, photographers and writers have been embracing the photo…
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Summer 2015
Automation in the Newsroom
As automation makes significant gains in the newsroom, Celeste LeCompte explores how the Associated Press, ProPublica, The New York Times, and other news outlets are…
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Spring 2015
Race and Reporting
The news industry has been talking about diversity for decades, but that talk has not always been followed by action. Though the percentage of minorities…
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Winter 2015
The Offending Art
The Charlie Hebdo murders focused attention on the threat to Western satirists, but political cartoonists around the world are at risk. Some, such as cartoonists…
2014
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Fall 2014
The Future of Foreign News
The veteran correspondents from the so-called legacy media who once flooded the crisis zones have faded away. In their place has come an army of…
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Summer 2014
Where Are the Women?
Despite making up half the population and receiving the majority of communication degrees, women currently lead only three of the nation’s top 25 newspapers. What’s…
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Spring 2014
Rewriting J-School
Journalism education has come to the same ominous inflection point that journalism itself has reached—and the stakes are just as high. Universities are shutting down…
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Winter 2014
The State of Journalism in China
The Communist Party has long striven to control freedom of speech in China. Websites from around the world are blocked. Major social media cannot be…
2013
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Summer-Fall 2013
75th Anniversary Issue
As she lay dying, the widow of a Milwaukee newspaper editor made a gift that has now invigorated journalism for 75 years. Agnes Wahl Nieman,…
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Spring 2013
The Signal and the Noise
One tweeter boasted of a “game-changing victory” for crowdsourcing in the early hours of the Boston area manhunt. But what began as a low-grade fever…
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Winter 2013
Critical Condition
“If you are counting full-time critic jobs at newspapers, you may as well count tombstones.” That was the response of Johanna Keller, director of the…
2012
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Fall 2012
Be the Disruptor
Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation provides a framework to understand how businesses grow, become successful, and falter as nimble…
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Summer 2012
Truth in the Age of Social Media
Verifying information has always been central to the work of journalists. These days the task has taken on a new level of complexity due to…
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Spring 2012
What Would You Change If You Were Back In Charge
Looking back what would they do differently? Six editors take a hard look at newspapers and what it will take for them to stay alive.…
2011
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Winter 2011
Writing the Book
How does a journalist make the journey to author? A variety of paths and potential pitfalls are here for you to learn from. Authors of…
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Fall 2011
Cold Case Reporting
Cases unheard. Justice denied. These words fit many crimes committed with racial intent a half century ago. Now reporters burrow into forgotten files, locate witnesses,…
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Summer 2011
Links that Bind Us
In digital space, journalists are proving to be a powerful force in creating, nurturing and engaging communities. No longer serving only geographic zones, they confront…
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Spring 2011
Shattering Barriers to Reveal Corruption
Barriers to reporting on corruption are numerous. Pushing past them can be risky, especially in countries where powerful interests are entrenched in business, media organizations,…
2010
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Winter 2010
The Beat Goes On - Its Rhythm Changes
Beats form the backbone of a newsroom, so what happens when resources shrink, new voices emerge and platforms multiply? Which topics stick around? What new…
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Fall 2010
Reporting From Faraway Places: Who Does It and How?
Foreign bureaus staffed by correspondents from a newspaper or broadcast network are now largely relics of a bygone era. As this 20th century model of…
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Summer 2010
The Digital Landscape: What's Next for News?
Explore the emerging realms of digital territory where news and information reside—or will soon. It’s a place where game playing thrives and augmented reality tugs…
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Spring 2010
Visual Journalism
Photojournalism is changing, propelled by newsroom budget cuts, multimedia possibilities, and the ubiquity of digital images. In Visual Journalism, photojournalists write about emerging digital business…
2009
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Winter 2009
Trauma in the Aftermath
Reporting in the aftermath of tragedy and violence, journalists discover what happens when people survive crippling moments of horror. Pushing past what is formulaic and…
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Fall 2009
Let's Talk: Journalism and Social Media
From blogs to vlogs, Facebook to MySpace, Twitter to Flickr, Delicious to reddit, words and images bounce around the globe, spreading wide and fast. Journalists…
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Summer 2009
Iran: Can Its Stories Be Told?
Journalists — Iranians and Westerners — share their firsthand experiences as they write about the challenges they confront in gathering and distributing news and information…
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Spring 2009
Voyages of Discovery Into New Media
At the crossroad of old journalism and new media, digital news entrepreneurs lead us on voyages of discovery into new media. From MinnPost to MediaStorm,…
2008
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Winter 2008
The Search for True North: New Directions in a New Territory
In this time of accelerating change, how journalists do their work and what elements of journalism will survive this digital transformation loom as questions and…
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Fall 2008
21st Century Muckrakers: Staying Local, Digging Deep
On this point, editors, reporters and newspaper readers agree. In a time of cutbacks and a shrinking news hole, at a moment when print is…
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Summer 2008
Cameras, Action and Accountability
“The Web is more important in this presidential campaign and the Pennsylvania primary than the newspaper. Think Web first, and then think newspaper, because you’re…
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Spring 2008
21st Century Muckrakers
Watchdog reporting resides at the core of what journalism does. Its roots dig deeply into the common ground uniting the muckrakers’ unearthing of public and…
2007
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Winter 2007
Is Local News the Answer?
“Unique local content” is by now a familiar phrase as print competes with digital media for readers’ attention. With constantly updated international and national news…
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Fall 2007
Katrina's Aftermath: News With No End in Sight
It’s been two years since Hurricane Katrina’s destructive force riveted the eyes of the world on the suffering of those left in its wake. In…
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Summer 2007
Islam: Reporting in Context and With Complexity
This collection of articles explores the challenges journalists encounter in their coverage of Islam in the wake of 9/11. Words and images that follow speak…
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Spring 2007
Afghanistan: Stories Come Back Into View
I feel sad that Afghanistan is back in the news. … Afghanistan was never going to become Sweden, but had the world really been committed…
2006
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Winter 2006
Goodbye Gutenberg
Journalism is on a fast-paced, transformative journey, its destination still unknown. That the Web and other media technologies are affecting mightily the practice of journalism…
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Fall 2006
Global Migration and Immigration: Stories and Images About the Journey
When I was a border correspondent, I learned to move between both sides, quickly and frequently, physically and mentally, while striving for balance. I learned…
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Summer 2006
Journalists: On the Subject of Courage
Courage, as these journalists remind us, exposes itself in different guises. It can be found in the wisdom of understanding when danger finally has outweighed…
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Spring 2006
What Katrina Revealed, Will Journalists Now Cover?
The unfortunate reality is that American journalists do not systematically or analytically cover the plight of the poor, the marginalized, the isolated, or the powerless.…
2005
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Winter 2005
Citizen Journalism
With the arrival of the Internet, the ability of nonjournalists to “publish” their words and link them with those of other like-minded scribes has altered…
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Fall 2005
Covering Indian Country
As a young reporter at The Rapid City Journal, Tim Giago was seldom allowed to cover stories on the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation where…
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Summer 2005
Eroding Freedoms: Secrecy, Truth and Sources
Among the casualties of the invasion and occupation of Iraq have been truth and trust, according to Sig Christenson, military affairs writer for the San…
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Spring 2005
Water: A Life Force Harnessed as News
Water is the essence of life, and its cleanliness, availability, and our use and abuse of it are stories meriting reporters’ and editors’ attention. Yet…
2004
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Winter 2004
Editorial Cartoons: The Impact and Issues of an Evolving Craft
Many newspapers have decided not to hire a full-time editorial cartoonist, but instead publish the readily available work of syndicated cartoonists. To explore what impact…
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Fall 2004
Africa: Stories to Be Told
Africa is portrayed in the Western media by its extremes, observes Ugandan journalist Charles Onyango-Obbo, a managing editor with the Nation Media Group in Nairobi,…
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Summer 2004
The Energy Beat: Complex and Compelling
To a journalist’s ear, the words “energy” and “crisis” belong together, in part because coverage of energy issues has been fueled largely by episodic coverage…
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Spring 2004
Stories About Campaign Coverage
In his essay “Only a Lunatic Would Do This Kind of Work,” David M. Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, captures the essence of…
2003
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Winter 2003
Can Newspapers Reach the Young?
Newspaper reading isn’t a daily habit for most young people. Instead they catch headlines on Web sites, share opinions on Weblogs, and see breaking news…
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Fall 2003
Journalism and Black America: Then and Now
Black and white journalists, at times working as colleagues, at other times separately, have produced the first draft of our nation’s difficult history of race…
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Summer 2003
Medical Reporting
“The chasm between medical journalists and physicians appears mostly to be one of ignorance rather than conflicting interests or malice,” writes Terry L. Schraeder, who…
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Spring 2003
Reporting on Health
Few topics receive more media attention today than the topic of health. Yet, in the view of some journalists, many of the stories being told…
2002
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Winter 2002
Reporting on the INS
Journalists who devote considerable time to coverage of immigration and investigation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) write about why they report on a…
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Fall 2002
Science Journalism
Those who report on science have never been better prepared to do so, according to Los Angeles Times science and technology writer Robert Lee Hotz,…
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Summer 2002
Reporting on Business: Enron and Beyond
Enron’s extraordinary collapse leapt into public view with banner headlines befitting the precipitous fall of a once mighty power. This was a company that not…
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Spring 2002
Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference
On a late fall weekend in 2001, the Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism convened its first conference. More than 800 journalists traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts…
2001
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Winter 2001
Coverage of Terrorism
Through the night of September 11, 2001, photographer Peter Turnley took refuge in a second-floor office in a clothing store, its windows blown out by…
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Fall 2001
The Documentary and Journalism: Where They Converge
At a time when so much of journalism is quicker, shorter and hyped to grab the public’s presumed short-attention span, the documentary—with its slower pace…
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Summer 2001
Latino Voices: Journalism By and About Latinos
How is the rapid increase in Hispanic American population affecting communities? What are the economic, social, cultural and educational benefits and hardships brought about by…
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Spring 2001
Colombia: The War Against Journalists
Reporting on Colombia’s war is extremely dangerous for journalists. For what they publish and broadcast, reporters are threatened and harassed, kidnapped and beaten, driven into…
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Special Issue 2001
The Elements of Journalism
In “The Elements of Journalism,” Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel describe nine principles of journalism that speak to the essential responsibilities of journalists, the standards…
2000
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Winter 2000
Technology Is Changing Journalism Just as It Always Has
Our journey into the digital future begins with an essay by Tom Regan, associate editor of The Christian Science Monitor’s Web site. His advice: Remember…
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Fall 2000
Photojournalism: Pondering the Power of Images and the Risks Taken by Those Who Make Them
James Nachtwey’s book “Inferno” is a collection of 382 photographs depicting the horrific brutality and suffering of people who are entrapped by war, famine or…
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Summer 2000
Election 2000: Politicians and the Press
It’s the tendency to focus on the celebrity, the character, not serious character but personality traits of political figures that trivializes the political process. So…
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Winter 1999 - Spring 2000
Commemorative Double Issue
What you [see] here is a collection which reflects the substance of the first 53 years of the conversation journalists have engaged in about their…
1999
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Winter 1999 - Spring 2000
Commemorative Double Issue
What you [see] here is a collection which reflects the substance of the first 53 years of the conversation journalists have engaged in about their…
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Fall 1999
The Press in Russia
Powerful owners, government officials and politicians work hard to control what journalists write and say. With elections ahead, the press faces critical tests of its…
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Summer 1999
War Crimes, Human Rights and Press Freedom: The Journalist's Job
Ethnic conflict in the Balkans provides examples of crimes of war and abuses of human rights that journalists are being increasingly called upon to cover.…
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Spring 1999
Educating Journalists
In asking young journalists to write about their experiences, what we wanted to provide was a forum in which they could express their views, concerns…
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Special Issue 1999
The Business of News, The News About Business
This special issue of Nieman Reports has been created to report to the readers of Nieman Reports, to members of the Committee of Concerned Journalists,…
1998
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Winter 1998
Children and Violence
In this edition, we examine ways in which we report on children and violence. We travel to the sites of the five recent and highly…
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Fall 1998
Serving the Poor
“I think a strong argument can be made that the residents of [poorer] areas are severely disadvantaged—as citizens, as workers, as consumers—by the lack of…
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Summer 1998
Photojournalism Dead? It's Just Changing With the Times
In the next 50 pages Nieman Reports take stock of photojournalism today. While problems are noted, the report is positive. The articles and the photo…
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Spring 1998
Watchdog, Attack Dog, or Lapdog?
This issue on Watchdog Journalism originated with a call by Murrey Marder, the retired Washington Post Diplomatic Correspondent, for a return to more aggressive, but…
1997
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Winter 1997
Highways, Byways and Bylines: Roads as News Stories
“Digging Out News at Boston’s Big Dig” by Thomas Palmer Jr
“Perpetual Paving = More Congestion” by Keith Schneider
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Fall 1997
The Faith of Journalists
“The Pull of Faith” by John Dart
“How Religious Are Journalists?” by Judith M. Buddenbaum
“Revelations” by Roy Peter Clark
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Summer 1997
Reengineering Society With Economic Shock Therapy
“Unleashing Competitive Forces” by Pankaj Ghemawat
“Who Will Report the ‘Real Deal?'” by Karen De Witt
“Privatization-Get Out the Worry Beads” by George… -
Spring 1997
Welfare - Media Opportunity
“Testing the Editors” by John Herbers
“The Real Issue: Rich-Poor Gap” by Dale Maharidge
“The Real Issue: Not Enough Reform” by Michael D.…
1996
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Winter 1996
Reviving Environmental Coverage
“Needed: A Recommitment” by Chris Bowman
“Suburban Sprawl” by Keith Schneider
“Activist’s View: Media Lag” by Arlie Schardt
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Fall 1996
Violence
“Violent Crime and the Media’s Role” by Michael J. Kirkhorn
“TV Violence and What to Do About It” by George Gerbner
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Summer 1996
Getting It Right Is Not Enough
“Getting It Right Is Not Enough” by John Seigenthaler
“No More ‘Black Holes'” by John Hohenberg
“Problems and Possibilities” by Mickey Edwards
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Spring 1996
Job Cuts Squeeze Newspapers
“Feasting on the Seed Corn” by Alex S. Jones
“How Big Should Profits Be?” by John Morton
“Remember Your Firepower: Local News” by…
1995
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Winter 1995
The 1996 Presidential Elections
“If Campaign’s a Horserace, Why Not Report It That Way?” by Walter Mears
“What About the Issues?” by John Herbers
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Fall 1995
Harvard à la Carte
“Economic Challenge: Better Country Management” by Joseph L. Bower
“Economic Trend: Less Pay for Time Off” by Juliet Schor
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Summer 1995
Running Scared Into the On-line Era
Public-Interest Journalism and New Technology: Nieman Foundation Conference
Proceedings
“Analysis” by Jack Fuller
“First Case Study – ‘America: What Went Wrong'”
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Spring 1995
Keeping In Touch
How the Media Can Connect With the Public
“The Louisville Courier-Journal” by David Hawpe
“The Chicago Tribune” by George Langford
“The Portland…
1994
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Winter 1994
Judgmental Journalism
“Judgmental Reporting” by John Herbers
“Expert Reporting” by Lou Ureneck
“Double Platooning Sports” by Dave Smith
“A Voice for the Voiceless” by… -
Fall 1994
Reviving the Labor Beat
“The Old and Future Labor Beat” by Murray Seeger
“Can American Media Tell the New Labor Story?” by Peter Pestillo
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Summer 1994
Can Journalists Shape the New Technologies?
Toward a New Journalists’ Agenda: Responding to Emerging Technological and Economic Realities—A Nieman Conference
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Spring 1994
Ethics On Trial
Major Issues
“Surrender of the Gatekeepers” by David Shaw
“Tab Rags Face Gags” by Christina Lamb
“Who Cares About the Truth” by…
1993
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Winter 1993
Covering Health Issues
“We’ve Come a Long Way Since Blue Cross” by Victor Cohn
“Confessions of a First-Year Medical Writer” by Sheryl Stolberg
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Fall 1993
Harrison E. Salisbury
“A Memorial” by Bill Kovach
“Remembering Harrison” Tributes
“A Pilgrim’s Unending Quest for Truth” by Harrison Salisbury
“Japan’s Feisty New Press” by… -
Summer 1993
God In The Newsroom
“Constraints of the Religion Reporter” by Peter Steinfels
“We Don’t Get It Right” by William Freehoff
“Why God Didn’t Die” by Harvey Cox -
Spring 1993
America's Children
“A Voice for Children” by Melissa Ludtke
“Television’s Opportunity” by Dan Amundson
“The Local Beat” by Carol Kreck
“Students Get Short Shrift”…
1992
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Winter 1992
The Campaign: How Good Was the Press?
“Good, But…” by R.W. Apple Jr.
“Talk Shows Muscle In” by Sander Vanocur
“Media’s Liberal Tilt” by Richard Harwood
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Fall 1992
How the Press Savaged Perot
“How the Press Savaged Perot” by Jim Squires
Critics & the Arts
“The Theater – A Symposium at Harvard”
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Summer 1992
Presidential Campaign
“In Perot, The Media’s Opportunity” by Bill Kovach
“So Far, No Good” by John Herbers
“Remembering Reagan’s Factoids” by Morton Mintz
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Spring 1992
How Can America's Newspapers Be Saved?
“A Challenge to Journalists for Help” by Michael Fancher, Kathleen Criner and James Lessersohn
“What Readers Really Want” by Reid Ashe
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Special Issue 1992
South Africa and Southern Africa: The Future of the Media
“Background and Result”—Bill Kovach explains the timing of the meeting and initial impact
“Keynote Address”—Gitobu Imanyara of Kenya implores the media to fight
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1991
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Winter 1991
Move Over, Washington Here Comes Metro News
“Why They Don’t Love Us Anymore” by David Nyhan
“Short-Term Profits, Long-Haul Harm” by Eugene Roberts
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Fall 1991
What's Right, What's Wrong About Economic Coverage
“The Major Need: Commitment” by William Neikirk
“Can Big Stories Be Told?” by Joseph L. Bower
“The Local Global Story” by John Maxwell… -
Summer 1991
The War And The Press
“Washington Shield: Manipulation Beyond Battlefield” by Murrey Marder
“‘War’ Correspondents: Too Many Incompetents” by H. Joachim Maître
“The Independent Newspaper: Was It Worth… -
Spring 1991
1992 Presidential Election
A How-to on Covering the Campaign
“A Plan for Newspapers — Setting the Agenda” by Julius Duscha
“A Plan for Television — Breaking…
1990
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Winter 1990
Television and the Persian Gulf: Lessons Learned
“Clampdown in Kenya” by Bill Kovach
“Television and the Persion Gulf: — Lessons Learned” by Jim Stewart
“10 Ways to Energize Washington Press… -
Fall 1990
Journalists of all Post Communist Lands, Unite!
“Journalists of all Post Communist Lands, Unite!” by Andrzej Wroblewski
“A Threat in the 90’s: Bottom Line Journalism” by Robert P. Cark
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Summer 1990
In Allegiance to the Truth News, Ethics and Split-Personality Journalism
“Against the Wind” by Jake Highton
“In Allegiance to the Truth News, Ethics and Split-Personality Journalism” by Everette E. Dennis
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Spring 1990
A Supreme Court Decision Fosters Litigation
“A Supreme Court Decision Fosters Litigation” by Eugene Roberts
“Operation Just Cause — The Press in the Dark Again” by Arthur A. Lord
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Special Issue 1990
The Emerging Press In Eastern Europe
“What has happened since the July conference”
“List of Prague conference participants”
“Origins of the conference”
“Fair and aggressive reporting”
“Vaclav…
1989
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Winter 1989
Has Money Corrupted Washington Journalism?
“Editorial: Against the Wind”
“Has Money Corrupted Washington Journalism?” by James S. Doyle
“The Press and Pete Rose — The Missing Ingredient —… -
Fall 1989
Fiftieth Anniversary Seminars
“Fiftieth Anniversary Seminars – A Report”
“Towards a Global Village — Bridging Cultural and Professional Values” by Murray Seeger
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Summer 1989
The 1989 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture
“Howard Simons”
“The 1989 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture” by Nicholas Daniloff
“India and its Publications – Covering a Subcontinent” by Sunil… -
Spring 1989
50th Anniversary Issue
“Harvard Meets the Press: A Personal Account of the Early Nieman Years” by Louis M. Lyons
“Looking Back: Journalists Consider the impact of Two…
1988
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Winter 1988
It's the Plaintiff's First Amendment Too
“Editorial: Jane Austen”
“It’s the Plaintiff’s First Amendment Too” by Eugene Patterson
“There Are No Exemptions From the Burden of Our History” by… -
Fall 1988
Views of a Cartoonist
“To Have and To Hold” by Tenney B.K. Lehman
“Views of a Cartoonist” by Garry Trudeau
“A Hard-Hitting Address to the Press” by… -
Summer 1988
The Saga of a Small Town Newspaper Covering a Big Time Campaign
“Regarding the Mind’s Eye” by Tenney B.K. Lehman
“The Saga of a Small Town Newspaper Covering a Big Time Campaign” by Mike Pride
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Spring 1988
In Praise of In-depth Journalism
“Nicaragua” by Eduardo Ulibarri
“In Praise of In-depth Journalism” by Eugene Roberts Jr.
“In support of Public Notice Advertising” by Don Sneed
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1987
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Winter 1987
Fatal Vision: The Lawsuit
“Of Adversities and Comforts” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“Fatal Vision: The Lawsuit” by Daniel J. Kornstein
“Tipping The Scales” by Edwin Chen -
Fall 1987
The 1987 Joe Alex Morris Jr., Memorial Lecture
“The 1987 Joe Alex Morris Jr., Memorial Lecture” by Stanley Karnow
“Letter from El Salvador” by Mary Lou Finlay
“Newspapering in India” by… -
Summer 1987
The 1986 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture
“Cast of Characters” by Tenney B.K. Lehman
“The 1986 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture” by Peter Jennings
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Spring 1987
Writing Under the Gun; Getting Started
“The Great Engine” by Tenney B.K. Lehman
“Writing Under the Gun; Getting Started” by Anne C. Wyman
“Quality, Profit and the American Newspaper”…
1986
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Winter 1986
The Temper of the British Press
“Between the Lines” by Tenney B.K. Lehman
“The Temper of the British Press” by Bernard Ingham
“La Prensa: A Barometer of Freedom” by… -
Fall 1986
People's Education for People's Power
“People’s Education for People’s Power” by Zwelakhe Sisulu
“Telling it like it Is” by Donald Trelford
“Address Before The American Society of Newspaper… -
Summer 1986
The Noted Few
“Remember to Remember” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“The Noted Few” by Stephen Hess
“Searching for a Proper Perspective” by Mike Pride
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Spring 1986
Books
“Progeny by Pring” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“Common Ground by J. Anthony Lukas” by Martin Linsky
“Racial Attitudes in America by Howard…
1985
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Winter 1985
Disciplined Intelligence: An Effective Weapon for Social Justice
“‘Who Is Crucifying South Africa'” by Howard Simons
“Disciplined Intelligence: An Effective Weapon for Social Justice” by Thomas Winship
“Soviet and American Television:… -
Fall 1985
A Year At Harvard
“Events and Occurrences” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“A Year at Harvard” by Mike Pride
“Social Science in the Media: Who Reports It… -
Summer 1985
A Washington Perspective: The Rise of the Professional Specialist
“The Wedge and the Rock” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“A Washington Perspective: The Rise of the Professional Specialist” by Stephen Hess
“South… -
Spring 1985
Journalism's Nuclear Burden
“The Genuine Distance” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“Journalism’s Nuclear Burden” by Murrey Marder
“Covering the News in USSR” by Samuel Rachlin and…
1984
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Winter 1984
A Keyhole View: the Press and the Campaign
“Conscience at the Crossroads” by Tenney B. K. lehman
“A Keyhole View: the Press and the Campaign” by Murray Seeger
“K-9 Justice, Philadelphia… -
Fall 1984
Out Of The Press
“Out of the Press” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“The Power and the Press” by Eric Sevareid
“Hazards on the Way to Glitter”… -
Summer 1984
Bangaladesh
“Freed Without Freedom” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“Bangaladesh” by Derrick Zane Jackson and Michelle Diane Holmes
“Ethics In Journalism”
“Quality News… -
Spring 1984
Cold Warriors In The Classroom
“Cry Havoc” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“Cold Warriors in the Classroom” by Jack Burby
“The Critical Role of the Press: Issues of…
1983
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Winter 1983
Change and Exchange
“Change and Exchange” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“A Voice From The Empty Quarter” by Bert Lindler
“The Demise of the Buffalo Courier-Express”… -
Fall 1983
The Arabs And The Israelis: A Continuing Deadlock
“Words Against The Wall” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“The Arabs And The Israelis: A Continuing Deadlock” by Norman Kempster
“The Cost of… -
Summer 1983
Nieman Fellows Gather In Washington
“The Nieman Fellowship: A Report” by James C. Thomson Jr
“Nieman Fellows Gather In Washington”
“The Growth Of A Reporter” by Morton Mintz -
Spring 1983
Media Superpower
“Librettos, Padlocks, and Sovereigns” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“The Power of the Media” by Sidney L. James
“What Happened in the California…
1982
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Winter 1982
America In 1982: How Does It Look From Europe?
“Between the Lines: The Politics of Type Size” by Tenney Barbara K. Lehman
“America In 1982: How Does It Look From Europe” by Flora… -
Fall 1982
Literary Journalism
“Weathering The Environment” by Tenney Barbara K. Lehman
“In Defence of Literary Journalism” by Avis Meyer
“Praying Their Work” by John Long and… -
Summer 1982
Dealing With The Media
“Dealing With The Media” by Griffin B. Bell with Ronald J. Ostrow
“The Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award 1981” by A. M. Rosenthal
“Teaching… -
Spring 1982
Graphic Examples
“The Duality of Perception and Sight” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“Giving a Graphic Example: The Increasing Use of Charts and Maps” by Howard…
1981
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Winter 1981
A Conversation with Oriana Fallaci
“Prophets in Blue Jeans” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“A Conversation with Oriana Fallaci”
“What Videotex Can Learn From Newspapers” by Philip Meyer -
Fall 1981
The Americans And The World After 1984
“The Goodliest Land” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“Convocation 1981 — Introduction” by Daphne B. Noyes
“Welcome, Special Tribute to John I. Taylor,… -
Summer 1981
A Conversation with Fred Friendly
“On the Wing” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“A Conversation with Fred Friendly”
“America Is Strangling On Its Obsession With The Bottom Line”… -
Spring 1981
Transatlantic Miscommunication
“Earth-Movers and Erudition: A Compatible Mix” by Tenney B. K. Lehman
“A Conversation With Barbara Tuchman”
“Belgrade Report: UNESCO And The Media” by…
1980
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Winter 1980
My FBI File: (Censored)
“Beyond the Blueprint” by Tenney Barbara K. Lehman
“My FBI File: (Censored)” by Jack Nelson
“The Electronic Newspaper” by James Boyd
“A… -
Summer 1980
Writing with Light: Special Issue on News Photography
“Communications” by Tenney Barbara K. Lehman
“A Changing Vision” by Barbara P. Norfleet
“The Magazine Picture” by Robert E. Gilka
“Photographic Portfolios… -
Fall 1980
New News is Good News
“Type & Tune” by Tenney Barbara K. Lehman
“New News is Good News” by Robert C. Maynard
“Racism in the Media” by Dexter… -
Winter 1980
My FBI File: (Censored)
“Beyond the Blueprint” by Tenney Barbara K. Lehman
“My FBI File: (Censored)” by Jack Nelson
“The Electronic Newspaper” by James Boyd
“A…
1979
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Winter 1979
Dedication of Walter Lippmann House
“Lippman, Conant, Nieman: A Lasting Alliance” by Louis M. Lyons
“Dedication of Walter Lippmann House: A Celebration of Good Fortune”
“A CBS News… -
Fall 1979
Games Presidents Play
“IPI: A Weather Report” by Tenney K. Lehman
“Games Presidents Play: Covering The White House” by Frank Van Riper
“The Public Counsel” by… -
Summer 1979
Special Issue on Women and Journalism
“The Nieman Fellowship: Reflections From the First Two Women” by Mary Ellen Leary and Charlotte FitzHenry
“Yes Virginia, There is an Agnes” by Jerome… -
Spring 1979
Of Ants and Men
“The Hong Kong Formula” by James C. Thomson Jr.
“Of Ants and Men” by E. O. Wilson
“Nonwhite America: The Unseen Environment” by…
1978
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Winter 1978
Siege: A Striker's Diary
“Guest Editorial: Coming Home” by Obed Kunene
“Siege: A Striker’s Diary” by Edward C. Norton
“Good News, Bad News” by Edwin Diamond
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Fall 1978
China Sweet and Sour
“Nieman at Forty”
“China Sweet and Sour” by Jerome Alan Cohen
“The Problem Isn’t Bias” by George F. Will
“South Africa and… -
Summer 1978
Finding Truth in the Classics
“Press Freedom: An Update from Down Under” by James C. Thomson Jr.
“Finding Truth in the Classics” by John H. Finley
“Covering the… -
Winter 1977 - Spring 1978
On the Bakke Case
“Louis M. Lyons on James B. Conant”
“On the Bakke Case” by Paul Freund
“Journalistic Ethics: Some Probings by a Media Keeper” by…
1977
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Winter 1977 - Spring 1978
On the Bakke Case
“Louis M. Lyons on James B. Conant”
“On the Bakke Case” by Paul Freund
“Journalistic Ethics: Some Probings by a Media Keeper” by… -
Summer - Fall 1977
Masses and Classes in Communication
“Editorial: ‘African Nemesis?'”
“Ragtime Revisited” by E.L. Doctorow and Joseph Papaleo
“Rust Around the Iron Curtain” by Murray Seeger
“Holy Moses” by… -
Winter 1976 - Spring 1977
America's Capacity to Think
“Guest Editorial: The Nature of Political Liberty” by Vermont Royster
“America’s Capacity to Think” by Karl Deutsch
“Hungary: Twenty Years Later” by Ron…
1976
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Winter 1976 - Spring 1977
America's Capacity to Think
“Guest Editorial: The Nature of Political Liberty” by Vermont Royster
“America’s Capacity to Think” by Karl Deutsch
“Hungary: Twenty Years Later” by Ron… -
Fall 1976
Whales and Minnows
“Guest Editorial: Eureka! Free at Last to Be A Jimmy, a Real Jimmy!” by Jimmy Thomson
“Whales and Minnows” by Nicholas Daniloff
“TV… -
Summer 1976
Another Look At South Africa
“Editorial: Black Rage in South Africa”
“U.S. Interests in Southern Africa” by Benjamin Pogrund
“International Reporting: An Innovation” by Stanley Karnow
“French-American… -
Spring 1976
"Cantankerous, Obstinate, Ubiquitous": The Press
“Editorial: Media-Law Conflicts: Is There a Solution?”
“‘Cantankerous, Obstinate, Ubiquitous’: The Press” by Anthony Lewis
“Reporting in the Wild West” by William Pinkerton
1975
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Fall - Winter 1975
Focus on South Africa
“Editorial: Why South Africa?”
“News: Type and/or Tube” by William Leonard and Richard Wald
Section I—Focus on South Africa
“The Practice of… -
Summer 1975
Reporting the Revolution
“Reporting the Revolution” by Alex Keyssar
“Reflections on Robert Frost” by Kathleen J. Morrison and Theodore Morrison
“Adding to Misunderstanding Between the Media… -
Spring 1975
Type and Tube
“Guest Editorial: How fares the US press? Very well indeed!” by Mary McGrory
“Type and Tube” by David Ives, Richard Salant and Richard Wald
1974
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WInter 1974
Special Issue: Nieman Assembly: The Law and the Press
“Walter Lippmann: 1889-1974”
“Merging Media and the First Amendment” by Anthony Oettinger
“The Law, The Press and the First Amendment” by Arthur Miller -
Fall 1974
Falling
“Denied: An Autumn for Our Discontents”
“Falling” by Nicholas Daniloff
“Words on Pictures” by Stephen D. Northup
“An Ideological Warrior in Moscow”… -
Spring - Summer 1974
Lasers, Computers and the First Amendment
“Lasers, Computers, and the First Amendment” by Anthony Oettinger
“Confessions of an Ombudsman” by Ben Bagdikian
“Headlines and Deadlines: China Style” by Richard…
1973
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Winter 1973
The New England Daily Newspaper Survey
“The New England Daily Newspaper Survey: An Overview” by Loren Ghiglione
“A View From The Inside” by Melvin Mencher
“Canada and the United… -
Fall 1973
What Ever Happened to Humor in the Media
“The Press in the 1972 Campaign”
“What Ever Happened to Humor in the Media?” by Russell Baker, John Kenneth Galbraith, Robert Manning and Robert… -
Summer 1973
"Does the First Amendment Need Saving?"
“Reflections on the Condition of the Press” by Louis M. Lyons
“Does the First Amendment Need Saving?”
“The Case for a National Press… -
Winter 1972 - Spring 1973
(Not So) At Home Abroad: Its Drawbacks for the Press
“(Not So) At Home Abroad” by Anthony Lewis
“Professionalism in the Newsroom” by Morton Mintz
“Comment” by Ralph Nader
“What is the…
1972
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Winter 1972 - Spring 1973
(Not So) At Home Abroad: Its Drawbacks for the Press
“(Not So) At Home Abroad” by Anthony Lewis
“Professionalism in the Newsroom” by Morton Mintz
“Comment” by Ralph Nader
“What is the… -
Fall 1972
The Big Myth
“Unforgettable Ralph McGill” by William S. Howland
“Staff Participation in the Newsroom” by Paul Ringler
“Definition of News” by Lester Markel
“The… -
Summer 1972
A Commentary on the Press
“The Legacies of Lucius W. Nieman” by Dwight E. Sargent
“A Commentary on the Press” by Louis M. Lyons
“News and the New… -
Spring 1972
Bad Judgment in Covering Latin America
“Bad Judgment in Covering Latin America” by James Whelan
“The Story of The Boston Globe” by Louis M. Lyons
“The Government and the…
1971
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Winter 1971
Of Time and the Critics
“When Music Sings the Praises of Freedom” by Walter Monfried
“Of Time and the Critics” by Herbert Kupferberg
“The First Amendment Includes Television”… -
Fall 1971
White Newsmen and Black Critics
“The Xerox and the Pentagon” by Herbert Kupferherg
“White Newsmen and Black Critics” by Lawrence Schneider
“Invisible Maps” by Roger Tatarian
“A… -
Summer 1971
Jefferson and The Press
“Liberty will have died a little” by Archibald Cox
“Jefferson and the Press” by George Chaplin
“The Big Ones of Australian Journalism” by… -
Spring 1971
After Keith Davey - What?
“Editors Fisher and Royster ‘Retire'” by Roy M. Fisher and Vermont Royster
“After Keith Davey — What?” by T. Joseph Scanlon
“The World…
1970
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Winter 1970
The Death of Centrality
“The Role of the Editorial Page” by Louis M. Lyons
“The Death of Centrality” by Grady Clay
“Hodding Carter: A Profile in Courage”… -
Fall 1970
Judge Warren Burger and the Press
“Rebecca F. Gross Retires”
“The Burger Court and the Press” by Ronald J. Ostrow
“Growing Threats Against Freedom To Dissent” by Katharine Graham -
Summer 1970
Wallace Beats the Press
“Wallace Beats the Press” by Ray Jenkins
“The Age of Distrust” by Osborn Elliott
“Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thou Shouldst Be Living at This… -
Spring 1970
The State of Book Reviewing
“The State of Book Reviewing” by Herbert Kupferberg
“Stanley Walker: The Retread Texan” by Jay Milner
“Only One Truth” by Sylvan Meyer
…
1969
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Winter 1969
Democracy and the Press
“Democracy and the Press” by John S. Knight
“Covering the Vietnam War” by Peter Braestrup
“What I’ve Learned About the Press” by Lord… -
Fall 1969
A Look at the British Press Council
“A Look at the British Press Council” by John M. Harrison
“Edwin A. Lahey, January 11, 1902 – July 17, 1969” by Louis M.… -
Summer 1969
I Think Mr. McLuhan Is Trying to Tell Us Something
“I Think Mr. McLuhan Is Trying to Tell Us Something” by Sylvan Meyer
“Sniping Incidents and the Role of the Press” by Terry Ann… -
Spring 1969
The Story of the IAPA
“The Story of the lAPA” by Lee Hills
“The Sage of Emporia” by W. L. White
“A Proxy from the Public” by Roger…
1968
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Winter 1968
Pressures on the Press
“Pressures on the Press” by Dr. Frank Stanton
“How to Cooperate” by Howard C. Cleavinger
“How to Fight Back” by William B. Dickinson -
Fall 1968
The Editorial Page
“The Editorial Page” by John B. Oakes
“Truth Is in the ·Eye of the Beholder” by Wes Gallagher
“A Passing Witness at Harvard… -
Summer 1968
A Newspaper's Role Between the Riots
“A Newspaper’s Role Between the Riots” by Philip E. Meyer
“Ralph McGill: More Like a Teacher” by Cal M. Logue
“Journalism Teaching in… -
Spring 1968
To Speak One's Mind
“To Speak One’s Mind” by John S. Knight
“Society’s Lonesome End” by Wes Gallagher
“The Isle is Full of Noises” by Sir William…
1967
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Winter 1967
Responsibility is the Wife of Privilege
“Responsibility is the Wife of Privilege” by Miles P. Patrone
“Charles W. Morton: One of a Kind” by Louis M. Lyons
“The Agencies… -
Fall 1967
Winds of Change
“Winds of Change” by Gene Graham
“The Future for Print” by Charles A. Sprague
“Miracles of Modern Research” by Otto A. Silha
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Summer 1967
Social Science: A New Beat?
“Social Science: A New Beat?” by Philip Meyer
“Politics and the Press” by Eric Sevareid
“A Wurlitzer-Tradition Talker” by Eugene Patterson
“The… -
Spring 1967
There is Something About the Printed Word
“There is Something About the Printed Word” by Vermont Royster
“What the IPI Is, and Is Doing” by Barry Bingham
“The Newspaper In…
1966
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Winter 1966
Why a Newspaper in an Electronic Era?
“Mr. Jones and the Tiger” by Jonathan Daniels
“Keys to Better Labor Relations” by Miles P. Patrone
“Why a Newspaper in an Electronic… -
Fall 1966
History in the (Deliberate) Making: A Challenge to Modern Journalism
“The Pressures of News” by Louis M. Lyons
“History in the (Deliberate) Making: A Challenge to Modern Journalism” by Gene Graham
“LBJ Should… -
Summer 1966
Misinformation About Algeria
“Our Man Not In Havana” by Aaron Segal
“Misinformation About Algeria” by Peter Braestrup
“A Quarter Century of Science Reporting” by Frank Carey -
Spring 1966
The South African Press: Hope in an Unhappy Land
“Custodians of The City” by Harry S. Ashmore
“The South African Press: Hope in an Unhappy Land” by Tertius Myburg
“Newspapers Must Be…
1965
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Winter 1965
What Good is a Baby
“The Journalist and the Educator” by C. A. McKnight
“What Good Is A Baby” by Robert C. Toth
“Professor Schlesinger and the Nieman… -
Fall 1965
Covering the Ecumenical Council
“Pre-trial Publicity” by Clifton Daniel
“Covering the Ecumenical Council” by Sanche de Gramont
“The Newspaper Game” by John Kieran
“Some Things I… -
Summer 1965
Most Books Aren't Worth Reading
“The New Technology” by Lisle Baker, Jr.
“Most Books Aren’t Worth Reading” by Hoke Norris
“Civil Rights and the Newspaper Editor” by C.… -
Spring 1965
The Art of Covering the Arts
“A Code of Ethics Is no Cure” by Benjamin M. Mckelway
“The Art of Covering the Arts” by Herbert Kupferberg
“Open Season in…
1964
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Winter 1964
Challenges and Excellence
“An Interview With Hoke Norris” by Roy Newquist
“Challenges and Excellences” by John Hay Whitney
“What ”White Backlash”?” by Thomas F. Pettigrew
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Fall 1964
The Courts and the Press
“Life Line of Democracy” by Clark R. Mollenhoff
“The Courts and the Press” by Felix R. McKnight
“Calvin Coolidge and the Press” by… -
Summer 1964
The Press and Foreign Policy
“A Case of Imbalance: Canada and the United States”
“Crossed Swords and Spilled Ink: The Press and Foreign Policy” by Robert J. Manning
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Spring 1964
The Wire Service in Latin America
“Free Press and Fair Trial” by J. Russell Wiggins
“The Wire: Services In Latin America” by Peter Barnes
“News in Depth: An Indian…
1963
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Winter 1963
The Newsmen's War in Vietnam
“Censors and Their Tactics” by Jack Nelson
“The Newsmen’s War in Vietnam” by Stanley Karnow
“Advertising in Russia—Now a Necessity” by Faith I.… -
Fall 1963
The Publishers and the Teamsters
“No Effective Forum” by Fred Zimmerman
“The Publishers and the Teamsters” by Murray Seeger
“Musings of an Ex-Education Writer” by Ford W. Cleere -
Summer 1963
Vietnam: American Dilemma
“Prune Journalism Schools” by Norval Neil Luxon
“Vietnam: New American Dilemma” by Francois Sully
“Finding Reporters in New York State” by Kay Lockridge -
Spring 1963
The News Management Issue
“The Feel Of The Facts” by Richard Hauer Costa
“The News Management Issue: As Washington News Men See It” by Bruce Galphin
The…
1962
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Winter 1962
Managing the News
“Press and President” by Louis M. Lyons
“Managing the News” by Clark R. Mollenhoff
“President Vs. Press”
“In The Public Interest” by… -
Summer 1962
How Australia Broadcasts the News
“News for a Nation: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation” by Robert B. Rhode
“More Esteem for the Omaha Milkman” by Alfred Friendly
“What’s Happened… -
Spring 1962
Reporter in the Deep South
“The Security Dilemma” by Clark R. Mollenhoff
“The Reporter in the Deep South” by John Herbers
“The Trouble with Sunday Papers” by William…
1961
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Winter 1961
Special Issue on Africa
“The New Africans …” by Lewis Nkosi
“Congo: Reporter’s Nightmare” by Henry Tanner
“The English Press Under Apartheid” by Aubry Sussens
“The… -
Fall 1961
The Press Lives by Disclosures
“Trial by Newspaper: The Supreme Court Rebukes the Press”
“The Press in the Cuban Fiasco” by Dom Bonafede
“The Press Lives by Disclosures”… -
Summer 1961
Strike News
“Test of Educators” by John M. Harrison
“Strike New – Why the Panic Button?” by Joseph A. Loftus
“The Disappearing Cuban Daily” by… -
Spring 1961
Values of an Editor
“The Campaign on TV” by Robert C. Smith
“The Values of An Editor” by Ralph McGill
“The Change-Over in Washington: A Correspondent Estimates…
1960
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Winter 1960
The Booming Regional Papers
“True Role of Today’s Newspapers” by Malcolm Bauer
“Reporting from Hong Kong: Snaring the Dragon from Afar” by Stanley Karnow
“The Booming Regional… -
Fall 1960
The Public Trial and the Free press
“The Public Trial and the Free Press” by Justice William O. Douglas
“The First Thomas L. Stokes Award” by Louis M. Lyons
“Newspapermen… -
Summer 1960
Straw Polls
“Watching the Watchmen” by John Cogley
“Straw Polls: Reporting in Breadth” by Ralph Otwell
“A Labor Editor on the Labor Press” by John… -
Spring 1960
What's News
“Editors Plan Study of New England Papers”
“The Guys on the Opposition” by Desmond Stone
“What’s News” by Herbert Brucker
“The Quiet…
1959
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Winter 1959
Behemoths of Fleet Street
“Behemoths of Fleet Street” by Donald J. Sterling, Jr.
“A World Forum for Press Freedom: The IPI After Eight Years — Report on its… -
Fall 1959
Report on Africa
“In Newest Africa: Three Nationalisms Compete for its Emerging Peoples” by William Gordon
“Small Town Stuff” by B. J. Laeufer
“Tom Stokes: What… -
Summer 1959
What's The Matter with a Newspaper Job?
“The Cuba Nobody Knew” by Marvin Alisky
“What’s the Matter With a Newspaper Job: A View from the College” by Richard D. Bullock
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Spring 1959
New York Without Papers
“The ‘Lost’ Art” by Elizabeth Green
“The Pursuit of Journalism” by Thomas Griffith
“A Glance Backward at the Press” by Louis M. Lyons
1958
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Winter 1958
The Paper Curtain of Washington
“Colorado’s ‘Little Nieman’ Plan” by Houstoun Waring
“The Paper Curtain of Washington” by John B. Oakes
“It Is The Editors Who Need Educating… -
Fall 1958
Secrecy, Security and Freedom
“Secrecy, Security and Freedom” by J. R. Wiggins
“The Surrender of Privacy” by Anthony Harrigan
“The Triumph of Trivia” by William L. Rivers -
Summer 1958
The Little Rock Story
“The Newspaper Job” by Simmons Fentress
“The Story Behind Little Rock” Was Its Meaning Lost in Reporting Its Drama?” by Harry S. Ashmore
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Spring 1958
Bernard Devoto
“‘Basic Issues in the News:’ Columbia Opens a New Journalism Course”
“DeVoto — A Memoir” by A. B. Guthrie
“Twenty Years of Nieman…
1957
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Fall 1957
Problems of Reporting in Latin America
“Trial by Newspaper II: Lawyers Have A Responsibility, Too” by Joseph M. Harvey
“Problems of Reporting Latin America” by Paul B. Kennedy
“‘Desacato:’… -
Summer 1957
Are Newspapers Losing The Competition For Talent?
“The Newspaper Job” by John B. Oakes
“Are Newspapers Losing the Competition for Talent? A Journalism Dean Thinks They Are” by Norval Neil Luxon -
Spring 1957
The Press and the Fund for the Republic
“Sale in Two Cities”
“Reporting on Communist China in Japan” by Kazuo Kuroda
“Canada’s New Press Awards” by Lester B. Pearson
“The…
1956
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Fall 1956
The Press and the Campaign
“Where They Are Now” by Louis M. Lyons
“Crisis in Communication” by Marquis Childs
“Staff Memo: 1956 Elections” by J. R. Wiggins
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Summer 1956
TV News: Reporting or Performing?
“Worst Reported Institution” by Max Freedman
“TV News: Reporting or Performing?” by John F. Day
“Government Secrecy” by Pat Munroe
“A National… -
Spring 1956
Newspaper Prospects on Balance
“Freedom To Dissent?” by H. L. Smith
“Free Press and Fair Trial” by Simon E. Sobeloff
“As Gainza Paz Takes Back La Prensa”…
1955
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Winter 1955
Why Do They Leave?
“Why Do They Leave?: The Personnel Problem on Newspapers” by Norman E. Isaacs
“‘Make it Indespensable:’ The San Diego Union Answers the Question: How… -
Fall 1955
The "Monopoly" Newspaper
“Facing up to the ‘Monopoly’ Charge” by Paul Block, Jr.
“The American Press: A Canadian View” by R. A. Farquharson
“Science and Journalism”… -
Summer 1955
See It Then: Tomorrow's TV Journalism
“See It Then: Notes on Television Journalism” by Robert Drew
“Rewrite Man: An Office Memo on Robert B. Peck of the New York Herald… -
Spring 1955
Press of the NATO Countries
“Ten Commandments of Journalism” by Doris Fleeson
“Latin American News in the U.S. Press” by George Chaplin
“Cervi’s Weekly” by Houstoun Waring
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1954
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Winter 1954
Opening Up City Hall
“Our Foreign News” by Louis M. Lyons
“Follow Through – That Is the Newspaper Answer to Secrecy in Government, Says a Crusading Correspondent” by… -
Fall 1954
Harold L. Cross on Infringements of Press Freedom
“Is Crusading Over-rated?” by Will Lindley
“What An Editor Should Know” by Forrest W. Seymour
“There Is No Substitute For A Good Newspaper”… -
Summer 1954
Why Five Cents Isn't Enough for a Newspaper
“Broader and Deeper Coverage” by Edward Lindsay
“The Reader Needs a Ten Cent Newspaper” by Poynter McEvoy
“Handouts to the Country Editor” by… -
Spring 1954
The Great Secrecy Case
“Elmer Davis Speaks His Mind”
“The Great Secrecy Case: Was It Suppression or Service in San Francisco’s Kidnaping” by Kenneth E. Wilson
“Who…
1953
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Winter 1953
Obligations of a Newspaperman
“The Unique Position Of the Newspaper” by Oveta Culp Hobby
“The Dangerous Obligation Of A Newspaperman” by John B. Oakes
“Hoosier Heritage” by… -
Fall 1953
Of What Am I Afraid?
“Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid?” by Mark Ethridge
“The News Behind the Facts” by Robert E. Garst
“Medicine in the News” by… -
Summer 1953
Report on the German press
“Standards for Ownership of a Newspaper or Radio Enterprise”
“Where We Stand On Freedom” by Arthur Hays Sulzberger
“The Heat of the Headlines:… -
Spring 1953
The Campaign Coverage: How Fair?
“The Duty to Speak Out” by Adlai Stevenson
“For Self Examination By The Press” by Barry Bingham
“Our Free Press. How Free?” by…
1952
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Winter 1952
Does Press Freedom Include Photography?
“TV and the Press” by William S. White
“Does Press Freedom Include Photography?” by Joseph Costa
“The Editor’s Job Today” by Charles A.… -
Fall 1952
News Censorship in Korea
“The Future For Reformers” by James Bryant Conant
“News Censorship in Korea” by Robert C. Miller
“On Predicting Elections” by Bruce H. Westley -
Summer 1952
The Japanese Press - Problem of Freedom
“Down Where the People Live” by William F. Johnston
“The Japanese Press (Post-MacArthur” by Robert P. Martin
“Rx For Rules of Thumb” by… -
Spring 1952
Louis Stark's Own Story
“The New World of the Journalist” by William F. Swindler
“Louis Stark’s Own Story: Foremost Labor Reporter Tells How He Started Making Labor News”…
1951
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Winter 1951
Do Scoops Serve the Reader?
“Report On An Unsolved Problem”
“‘Just Newspaper Talk:’ Do Scoops Serve the Reader?” by R. A. Farquharson
“The Community Newspaper: Springboard Or Career?”… -
Summer 1951
What's Wrong with U.S. Publicity Abroad?
“Cub Reporter, Class of ’50”
“What’s Wrong With U.S. Publicity Abroad?” by Carl Larsen
“Background for News” by William F. Swindler
“How… -
Spring 1951
Current Libel Trends
“The Devil and the Editor” by Josephus Daniels
“The Touchstone of Freedom” by James R. Killian, Jr.
“Current Libel Trends” by Harold L.…
1950
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Winter 1950
The Business of Informing the Public
“The Business of Informing the Public” by Frank J. Starzel
‘The Right to News” by J. Russell Wiggins
“Is Full News Coverage Possible?… -
Fall 1950
The Pulitzer Prize Stories
“Milwaukee Journal Employe Ownership Plan” by J. D. Ferguson
“Meyer Berger — Reporter” by Robert H. Fleming
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Summer 1950
Reading, Writing and Newspapers
“The Reader Unburdens” by Theodore Morrison
“Reading, Writing and Newspapers” by Louis M. Lyons
“What Is A Newspaper?”
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Spring 1950
The Press and the CVA
“The Press And The CVA” by Richard L Neuberger
“Wake Up Angry” by James S. Pope
“Making Makeup Matter” by Hays Gorey
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1949
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Winter 1949
Should Newspapers Crusade?
“Not Only Evil But—” by Ernest H. Linford
“Turnover Among Newsmen: A Small Sample” by William M. Pinkerton
“‘Should Newspapers Campaign?’ Answer: Yes”… -
Fall 1949
Two Great Editors
“Get Writing” by Samuel E. Morison
“Reporting On Foreign Affairs” by James B. Reston
“Are Weeklies Uneconomic?” by Charles T. Duncan
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Summer 1949
Freedom from Contempt
“Strong Points For Freedom” by James B. Conant
“News At The Legislature” by Richard L. Neuberger
“The Anatomy of the Crusading Reporter” by… -
Spring 1949
The Full Dimensions of the News
“A Newspaper ‘Court'” by Arthur H. Sulzberger
“The Full Dimensions of the News” by James S. Pope
“The Country Weekly Dream Is Real”…
1948
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Winter 1948
The Country Weekly Dream
“To Insure Independence” by Eugene Meyer
“The Nieman Fellows” by Louis M. Lyons
“The Country Weekly Dream” by Fitzhugh Turner
“How An… -
Fall 1948
Reporter in the Bear's Den
“The Hallmark of a Profession” by Vannevar Bush
“Reporter in the Bear’s Den” by Harry Martin
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Summer 1948
A Publisher Speaks His Mind
“An Unpurchasable Soul” by Josephus Daniels
“The MacArthur Censorship” by Robert P. (Pepper) Martin
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Spring 1948
Why Worry About Monopolies?
“Lucius W. Nieman: A Biographical Sketch” by Irving Dilliard
“Why Worry About Newspaper Monopolies?” by Forrest W. Seymour
“Enzymes And Headlines: Some Problems…
1947
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Winter 1947
Problems of a News Monopoly
“Problems of a News Monopoly” by Barry Bingham
“‘Journalism’ in Turkey” by William J. Miller
“The Paul Miller System in AP” by Gilbert… -
Fall 1947
"No Other Allegiance"
“The Role of the Press” by Robert Lasster
“Press Reaction to Hutchins Report”
“Scoops by Carrier Pigeons” by William H. McDougall, Jr.
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Summer 1947
A Free and Responsible Press
“A Free and Responsible Press” by Louis M. Lyons
“Freedom For What?”
“The Emperor’s Slippers” by Richard E. Lauterbach
“Science in the… -
Spring 1947
What's Wrong With the Newspaper Reader
“What’s Wrong With The Newspaper Reader” by William J. Miller
“The Springfield Newspaper Situation” by Russell Sollins
“Crusading In A Small Town” by…