Articles

Peering Deep Into the Essence of Small-Town Life

A photographer returns to Oxford, Iowa after 20 years to take pictures of its residents again, and his images share space with their words.

A 21st Century Newswire—Curating the Web With Links

News organizations can remain vital daily destinations by supplementing original reporting with links to the best nonlocal content.

Serendipity, Echo Chambers, and the Front Page

As readers on the Web, we may filter out ‘perspectives that might challenge our assumptions and preconceptions about what’s important and newsworthy.’

When Journalists Blog: How It Changes What They Do

‘I was surprised at just how much these journalists felt their work had been changed by the simple act of blogging.’

The Internet: How It Changes Everything About Journalism

‘What was once an important role—making editorial choices—starts to feel more like a bottleneck in the system.’

Reporting on the White House From the Outside In

‘If reporters entrusted to cover the White House know we are in the midst of a “truth-deficient” environment, what is the most responsible way to do our work?’

Editorial Cartooning: Tradition, Timidity and Transition

Missing from a lot of cartooning ‘is Mauldin’s sense of righteous indignation.’

TV News: When the Networks Were In Their Prime

During the 1960’s and 1970’s, the CBS Washington bureau—including Roger Mudd, who now writes about it—led the way for broadcast journalism.

The Life and Times of a Female Foreign Correspondent

A British reporter writes about reporting from war zones and overseas assignments—and adds marriage and motherhood into the mix.

Finger-Wagging at Journalists Doesn’t Illuminate the Problem

‘What we need—and this attempt doesn’t satisfy—is insight into how all of this happened.’