Articles

Political Journalism: It’s Not the Good Old Days

‘But some of what ails American political journalism in our time is an overreaction to the failures of the boys back in Witcover’s heyday.’

The Role Women Journalists Played in Poland’s Freedom

Only when Solidarity won did the journalists realize ‘… they had formed the only all-woman cabal in Poland to make a counterstrike against martial law.’

The Life and Times of Foreign Correspondents in Russia

A book explores the work of covering Russia through the experiences and words of those reporters who did it.

Photojournalism Students Cover Hurricane Katrina in Their First Leap Into a Real-World Crisis

‘Mark told me he’d learned more in the two days he photographed the hurricane’s aftermath than in his previous two years in college.’

Observing Those Who Observe

A journalist travels to the ends of the earth and reports from ‘distant, inaccessible places [that] have a grip on the popular imagination ….’

The Internet: Continuing the Legacy of Storytelling

‘I often reflect on my work as a journalist and wonder if I’ve some inherent genetic code that comes from this time-honored practice.’

Probing the Successes and Failures of the Washington Press Corps

‘Great reporting in Washington is about cutting through the bureaucratic maze.’

Cultures Clash in Coverage of a School Shooting

Some reporters didn’t understand the implications of tribal sovereignty when they went to the Red Lake Indian Reservation to report this story.

When Reporters Lack Access and Knowledge

‘… access would be easier to achieve if reporters had been there to cover some of the more routine stories that had taken place on the reservation.’

The Healing Power of Well-Reported Words

A reporter returns home—to a troubled reservation—to write about what happened to its land and people.