Nieman Reports

Journalists Navigate New Waters

By Lisa Williams• Local News• December 15, 2007

‘When high-tech’s central institutions blew up, people asked many of the same questions I hear asked by journalists today.’ Read more

Journalism: Its Intersection With Hyperlocal Web Sites

By Mark Potts• Local News• December 15, 2007

These sites ‘provide a depth of coverage of microscopic issues and events that thinly stretched traditional newsrooms simply can’t get to.’ Read more

Going Far to Explore a Local Story

By Kevin Finch• Local News• December 15, 2007

‘The currency common to these assignments was the thread of local connections stretching from Indiana to overseas and back in news stories we broadcast.’ Read more

Global Issues Viewed Through Local Eyes

By Perry Beeman• Local News• December 15, 2007

New media—and new ‘newsroom’ arrangements—combine to make local coverage of environmental issues compelling and personal. Read more

Changing Reporters’ Beats—With a Focus on Local

By Rene Sanchez• Local News• December 15, 2007

‘… we need to demonstrate in our pages and on our Web site that local journalism does not mean insular, shallow content.’ Read more

Blending Voice and Reporting

By John Doherty and Tim Logan• Local News• December 15, 2007

‘… stories conveyed a definite point of view, and the voice we used shared our perspective throughout their telling.’ Read more

Readership Institute’s Newspaper Studies

By Dean Miller• Local News• December 15, 2007

Mary Nesbitt is managing director of the Readership Institute at the Media Management Center and associate dean for curriculum and professional excellence at Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. The Readership Institute, which was created with funds provided by … Read more

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