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David Finkel is a master of immersion reporting, most brilliantly showcased in his two books that follow U.S. soldiers in Iraq and their return to civilian life. A member of…

Key to weathering a social storm is understanding that there may be legitimate criticism worth addressing

As technology changes how news is gathered and delivered, should journalism continue to be sharply distinguished from activism and other kinds of free speech?

Growing up, if my sister and I were reading, we didn’t have to do chores. So, we read all the time. We loved a good story.My mother wanted us to…

Modern communica­tions and the rise of the surveillance state make it harder than ever for journalists abroad to protect their sources. The consequences for sources can be dire, even fatal.Journalists…

When entire regions are no-go zones for journalists, what do we accept as news?

How a clutch of start-ups is supplying the foreign coverage once provided by staff correspondents

The escalating personal and financial cost of foreign reporting is changing the way correspondents cover the world

Flashback one week: It’s December 3. I’m watching three commentators lead their communities in discussing a grand jury’s decision not to indict police officers in the death of a man…

A film about Beatrice Mtetwa, the internationally known, hard-charging human rights lawyer in Zimbabwe, was a natural. What was fortuitous is that it took root in Lippmann House. I co-produced the…