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Families found a variety of ways to float away from their flooding homes; some, like this one, were rescued in boats as the water rose in the Lower Ninth Ward…

‘… I used to tell the American correspondent, “You know what, you’re writing my story. I’m writing my story. When we cover a car bomb, it’s my neighborhood.” For an…

‘The deliberate or unconscious dehumanization of Arabs is also reflected in the way they are portrayed on television. … selective images confirm the stereotype that Arabs are inherently violent.’

‘There’s a kind of emotional insight that a skilled writer with a great command of language and of the human condition brings to a story.’

‘The tools are so powerful now that, as journalists, we can … be focused on doing the kind of journalism we want to do and then partnering with other organizations…

‘If I can give advice to journalists, I suggest it’s all about relationships.’

Reporting in the aftermath of tragedy and violence, journalists discover what happens when people survive crippling moments of horror. Pushing past what is formulaic and numbing, they find ways to…

‘The closer I felt to these people, the more attention I paid to details—to timelines, to chronologies, to what kind of food they ate, what kind of medication they were…

‘Routinely we witness the awful things that people do to each other and the most enduring awfulness of all, the aftermath.’

‘That day in the bedroom Gary asked the questions; he fought the urge to cry. He did his job.’