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Journalist Liu Binyan: China’s Conscience

On December 5, 2005, the news that 80-year-old Liu Binyan, a 1989 Nieman Fellow, had passed away saddened Chinese, both in China and abroad. Numerous condolence letters and memorial articles…

Training Frontline Editors: Once Overlooked, Now Happening

‘Despite their importance and the tough transition when they switch from reporter or copyeditor, frontline editors often are sent to the end of the line for training.’

Teaching Journalism for an Unknown Future

Journalism professors work to align essential skills with emerging technology.

Can the Newspaper Industry Stare Disruption in the Face?

‘Lessons learned from past failures can help to ensure future triumphs.’

Aiming to Put the Right People in Charge

New online tools will help prospective assigning editors see whether they have what it takes to succeed.

A Shrinking Staff Propels a Newspaper’s Transformation

‘If we’re forced to be a smaller place, then let’s aggressively teach ourselves the virtues that go along with that sensibility.’

Spring 2006: Words & Reflections Introduction

“The first accurate description we heard of the storm’s wrath was told to a Sun Herald reporter in four words: ‘Your city is gone,'” writes Stan Tiner, executive editor of…

Views About Race Cloud Discussions About Disparities

‘Do these labels — “health disparities” and “the achievement gap" — create a more comfortable way for us to talk about contemporary impacts of race?’

Resources for Midlevel Editors

This list of books, articles and Web sites has been compiled by Carl Sessions Stepp, a former assigning editor and now journalism professor at the University of Maryland. Books About…

Exploring What Makes Training Successful

Whether editors’ training takes place in a single newsroom or as a regional gathering, its essential elements remain consistent.