Articles

Summer 2008: Introduction

"The Web is more important in this presidential campaign and the Pennsylvania primary than the newspaper. Think Web first, and then think newspaper, because you're going to do something different…

Personal Tragedies Illuminate the Consequences of War

In investigating why some Iraq War veterans become homicidal, The New York Times highlighted a circumstance that no one else was tracking.

Investigative Reporting on Iraq: From Beginning to End

McClatchy's Washington bureau continues its watchdog reporting about Iraq, this time revealing dangers in the new embassy construction.

Reporting a Scandal When No One Bothers to Listen

‘It was as though until headlines blared from newsstands in the nation's capital, the trees in this forest weren't really falling.’

Following the Brain Injury Story: From Iraq to the Home Front

After hearing from Marines in Iraq about head wounds, a USA Today reporter works to get the military to release information about their prevalence.

Covering the Web as a Force in Electoral Politics

‘During the past year and a half … I've been consistently surprised by the volume of calls we get from journalists asking for help understanding this new medium.’

The Web’s Pathway to Accuracy

A British journalist, Donnacha DeLong, took aim at the notion of an egalitarian Web in an article published in a trade union magazine. She ridiculed the notion that a blogger…

Tribunals and War Crimes Trials: Treatment of the Press

Investigative journalists confront intimidating tactics and legal actions against them by international criminal tribunals.

The Neutrality Maze

When there's one side to the story, what does it mean to stay impartial?

Bloggers Push Past the Old Media’s Gatekeepers

From YouTube to The Huffington Post, new media ‘are upending the presidential campaign process and raising questions about journalism's place in it.’