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Steps Learned Along the Way: Redefining Photojournalism’s Power

‘Even in the best of times, even when highly recognized within the field itself, our images are only tools, not an end in themselves.’

It’s Not the Assignment: It’s the Lessons That Come From It

RELATED ARTICLE“Digital Stories Are Being Chosen and Consumed à la Dim Sum”– Michele WeldonMy students’ assignment seemed straightforward: take a front page of a newspaper and translate it into a…

From Film to Digital: What’s Lost? What’s Gained?

‘Today, it seems that speed trumps all else, becoming the way success is measured. It might be better if other factors—such as content, reliability and value—were to trump speed when…

In Pursuing a Personal Project, Global Dimensions Emerge

‘As photojournalists casting about for creative and meaningful direction in the face of … an industry shifting beneath our feet, we may be best served by following the threads of…

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Global Health Reporting: Expertise Matters

For three years global health fellows have been a part of each Nieman class, and the great value rendered by their study and subsequent reporting is measurable.

Why Journalists Need to Learn About Trauma

A survey of j-school professors and journalists emphasized the value of education and training in trauma reporting, with suggestions for how this learning can happen.

When Language Fails Us

‘… truth is not at all lovely and not at all reconcilable with the military communiqués of war correspondence.’

Tugging Meaning Out of Trauma

‘The journalists, by telling the survivors’ stories, are a witness to the witness and they bring that story to the larger society.’

The Important History News Organizations Have to Tell

By creating archives of company records ‘we can learn how the paper developed and organized itself, how editors and reporters approached stories, and how community leaders and ordinary citizens responded…