Articles

In small, forgotten towns of the Gulf Coast, a reporter tells the stories she heard amid the hurricane’s devastation.

A newspaper editor asks, ‘At what point in our efforts to be neutral in our news coverage do we risk becoming misleading?’

‘Once upon a time, I would have been mortified at the thought of exposing my religious views to my readers.’

‘… it is heartening to know that the simple inclusion of scientific context might help mitigate the readers’ level of uncertainty.’

Bill Moyers suggests a new approach to conveying reporting about global warming.

‘The first step is admitting that you don’t know what you don’t know.’

‘Class and race are inextricably bound up in New Orleans, and trying to make sense of it was as hard as trying to get accurate information.’

‘The human element was accentuated, and the best of the writing was impressionistic.’

Three fellows in the next three Nieman classes will focus their Harvard study—and four additional months of fieldwork—on health issues in the developing world.

‘The great writers he’d discovered in the library at the orphanage became midwives to his talent.’