[This article originally appeared in the Summer 1986 issue of Nieman Reports.] For whom do reporters write? For the readers? Well, yes and no. After two years inside a daily newspaper, I have concluded that among the hundreds of stories … Read more
Parents assist children in a fourth grade math class. Photo by Bill Batson, The Omaha World-Herald. [This article originally appeared in the Spring 1999 issue of Nieman Reports.] For at least a … Read more
[This article originally appeared in the March 1966 issue of Nieman Reports.] I was in Greenville when the age of electronic journalism first came creeping in, and I have always thought that a kind of monument was erected there on … Read more
The head of the Venezuelan delegation to the 1975 International Women’s Year Conference in Mexico City receives a message from a colleague. Photo courtesy of The Associated Press. [This article originally … Read more
President Calvin Coolidge in cowboy outfit with press photographers. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. [This article originally appeared in the September 1964 issue of Nieman Reports.] The press conference as … Read more
[This article originally appeared in the October 1959 issue of Nieman Reports.] I do not think that I need to tell you that standing on this famous platform I feel awkward and shy. I have never done anything like this … Read more