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“The Sense of Being Somewhere Else”

“The Sense of Being Somewhere Else”

Robert Drew, NF ’55, whose 1960 documentary about John F. Kennedy, “Primary,” is regarded as the start of American cinéma vérité, died July 30 at his home in Sharon, Connecticut.…
Geneva Overholser

Geneva Overholser

Former editor, The Des Moines Register
It’s Good to Talk

It’s Good to Talk

Members of Cuba’s mass media, which is completely in the hands of the state, cover only what’s convenient for the government. Because of that, in February of 2009, a group…
Ready for the Big One: Making the Case for Disaster Preparedness Reporting

Ready for the Big One: Making the Case for Disaster Preparedness Reporting

Extreme weather may be changing attitudes about disaster reporting, making editors and the public more receptive to stories questioning preparedness
Debra Adams Simmons

Debra Adams Simmons

Vice president, Advance Local; former editor, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Susan Smith Richardson

Susan Smith Richardson

Editor and publisher, The Chicago Reporter
Wanda Lloyd

Wanda Lloyd

Former executive editor, Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser

Doing My Own Thing

Iwas 5 or 6 years old when my mother, a great lover of Nigerian folklore, told me a story from one of the oldest tribes in my country. In my…
Margaret Low Smith

Margaret Low Smith

Vice president, The Atlantic; former senior vice president for news, NPR
Behind the Data Curtain

Behind the Data Curtain

In my first reporting job out of college, I traveled across Communist Eastern Europe and wrote travel guidebooks. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, I obtained my secret police…