Articles

Strategizing to Cover the Afghanistan Story

Reporters’ movements and words were closely watched by certain Taliban officials. Journalists had to figure out ways to get stories out about what was happening while at the same time…

Aïna Photo Gallery

Introduction by Travis Beard, chief editor of Aïna Photo To see Afghanistan through the eyes of Afghan people is Aïna Photo’s greatest ambition. Aïna Photo is the first Afghan photojournalism…

A Dangerous Yet Still Necessary Assignment

I feel sad that Afghanistan is back in the news. ... Afghanistan was never going to become Sweden, but had the world really been committed to rebuilding it after 2001,…

Uncovering Afghanistan

Cultural traditions have continued to constrain women's lives and voices even five years after the end of Taliban rule.

Will News Find a Home on YouTube?

With little original news reporting surfacing on this Web site, ‘perhaps an important lesson learned is that tools don't make a tradesman.’

‘About This Story’

Newspapers work to make narrative journalism be accountable to readers.

Capital Crisis in the Profitable Newspaper Industry

Solving this ‘will call upon levels of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship infrequently found in newspapers in recent years.’

Looking Past the Rush Into Convergence

As technology drives big newsroom changes, what will happen to journalism?

Evolving Definitions of News

‘Journalists may have thought it was necessary to set the old school aside to accommodate the new realities, but with the new realities there is no new ethic.’

Feeding the Web While Reporting the Story

At The New York Times, multimedia storytelling is becoming more a part of the journalism and less of an afterthought.