Articles

Changing Reporters’ Beats—With a Focus on Local

‘… we need to demonstrate in our pages and on our Web site that local journalism does not mean insular, shallow content.’

Blending Voice and Reporting

‘… stories conveyed a definite point of view, and the voice we used shared our perspective throughout their telling.’

Confronting ‘The Health Care World of Want’

A trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo results in a journalist’s determination to find ways to report on the devastation she now knows exists.

The People and Spirit of McClellan Street

Two brothers photographed life in a working-class neighborhood and found ‘kinship and camaraderie.’

The Humanity of Journalism

‘As journalists, we make moral and subjective choices all of the time, just like the people we cover.’

Hidden Codes and Competitive Trickery

In a coffee-table book, Associated Press correspondents and photographers describe what they and their colleagues did to be first with the news.

Why a Critical Eye Is Needed

In exploring why journalism matters, it is not enough to look at what works well; examine, too, why sometimes it fails.

Optimism in a Time of Chaos and Change

‘I have faith that new models of journalism are going to fly out of this whirlpool of change and be successful.’

Disgraced By a Story That Consumed Them

‘I began to understand why some mistrust the news media.…’

Collective Power—Photographs From the War in Iraq

In two books by photojournalists, words and images explore various dimensions of the experience of being a witness to war.