Articles

Summer 2005: Words & Reflections Introduction

It’s as much the “nitty-gritty of the journalistic enterprise, the ‘how-do-I-do this’ quality of reporting in Iraq” as “the life of the society he is covering” that Edward A. Gargan,…

Protecting Reporters Who Protect Sources

Strategic disagreement among journalists has stymied attempts to pass a federal shield law.

Summer 2005: International Journalism Introduction

Rarely do photographs accompany words on the op-ed page of The New York Times. But earlier this year Times columnist Nicholas Kristof connected four gruesome images of the genocide taking…

Sharing Techniques of Publishing

In Jakarta, an admirable venture was in need of organizational training.

Summer 2005: Training Journalists in Foreign Countries Introduction

“Courses that are designed to inspire journalists or encourage creative approaches to the craft are more likely to be exercises in frustration if, at the end of the training, they…

Anonymous Sources: Their Use in a Time of Prosecutorial Interest

How are decisions made about publishing information from confidential sources?

All Is Silent at City Hall

After a local publication challenges the Youngstown, Ohio mayor, city employees are prohibited from speaking with reporters, and the case goes to court.

Teaching Journalism, Finding a Home

A big challenge was balancing ‘my strong sense of ethical practice with a desire to avoid preaching an “American way”….’

Planting the Roots of Public Radio In Chile

‘Teaching public radio in a place where people didn’t know anything about it was a huge challenge ….’

New Tools in Telling News Stories

In online workshops, Spanish-speaking journalists learn how to convey news in its broader reality.