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
Passionate Criticism of Iraq War Coverage By the American Press By Tom Wicker• Books• June 15, 2005 A journalist longs for a more ‘dispassionate discussion’ of U.S. war policy. Read more
Getting an Up-Close View of the Military in Iraq By Alissa J. Rubin• Books• June 15, 2005 ‘For the first time it has been possible for large numbers of journalists to observe closely the behavior of U.S. troops and how it refracted among Iraqis.’ Read more
Seeing What Others Failed to Notice By Edward A. Gargan• Books• June 15, 2005 Reporting from Baghdad, Jon Lee Anderson ‘offers a profound antidote to the simplistic impulses of American television news ….’ Read more
Making Visible What Is Purposely Hidden By Susana Barciela• Books• December 15, 2004 Author Mark Dow writes about what happens, but is usually unseen, in immigration prisons. Read more
The Evolving Role and Reputation of Arab Broadcasters By Doug Struck• Books• December 15, 2004 Shifting perceptions of reality in Iraq ‘expose the futility of our journalistic faith in the truth.’ Read more
Portrait of a Courageous Guatemalan Journalist By Mauricio Lloreda• Books• December 15, 2004 ‘Though the book features events from the past, it should be read as a story that can offer us much to contemplate about our present.’ 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