Articles

A Challenging Experience in Cape Verde

‘There are journalists who justify their apathy with the lack of [good working] conditions.’

Training Iraqi Translators How to Act as Reporters

With concerns about safety, ‘our interpreters became something much more than translators.’

Press Silence Before Rwanda’s Genocide

‘If any of my students reacted against the government’s methods of control, they feared for their lives.’

When Journalism Training Isn’t Enough

‘… our newsrooms are impoverished, and it will take much more than training courses to correct the situation.’

Trust: What It Means for Journalism

‘For people to have trust in this profession, to whom do they look for various standards, for professionalization, of the journalistic craft?’

An American Correspondent Brings Africa Out of the Shadows

‘Western reporters in Africa get away with an ignorance that would not be tolerated if they were assigned to other world regions ….’

The Global Poverty Beat

‘What choices will news organizations make in the years ahead about coverage of the world’s poor and their problems?’ Two new books provide direction.

A Remembrance of Foreign Reporting

In ‘Bad News,’ a retired network correspondent eulogizes the decline of foreign news reporting.

Passionate Criticism of Iraq War Coverage By the American Press

A journalist longs for a more ‘dispassionate discussion’ of U.S. war policy.

Getting an Up-Close View of the Military in Iraq

‘For the first time it has been possible for large numbers of journalists to observe closely the behavior of U.S. troops and how it refracted among Iraqis.’