Articles

Creating a New Town Square

‘It’s a locus for the kind of civic trust and independence on which the idea of journalism, indeed democracy, is based.’

Drawing the Mood of New Orleans

‘Cartoon ideas presented themselves, but none embraced the gravity of the situation.’

Science and Journalism Fail to Connect

‘How can we expect Americans to know anything beyond what they happen to remember from science class? Journalists certainly don’t tell them.’

Defining a Journalist’s Function

In one approach to finding a definition, it turns out that being a journalist is about doing journalism.

Reconnecting With the Audience

‘What they say—not what we think—is what counts.’

Bringing Iraqi Voices Into the Conversation About Their Country

A Washington Post correspondent’s book ‘is not a policy screed or a compilation of talking heads and experts.’

Iraq’s Emerging Press

Providing the public with ‘accurate, complete and fair information was, and remains for most, an unknown concept.’

Citizens Media: Has It Reached a Tipping Point?

New media initiatives emerge when citizens feel ‘shortchanged, bereft or angered by their available media choices.’

Winter 2005: Words & Reflections Introduction 1

“Night Draws Near: Iraq’s People in the Shadow of America’s War,” a book written by Washington Post correspondent Anthony Shadid, who won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from…

Winter 2005: Words & Reflections Introduction 2

In his opening essay, Dan Fagin, associate director of New York University’s Science and Environmental Reporting Program, plows the common ground beneath the coverage of intelligent design and global warming.…