Articles

Seeing What Others Failed to Notice

Reporting from Baghdad, Jon Lee Anderson ‘offers a profound antidote to the simplistic impulses of American television news ….’
An Unseen Side of Iran

An Unseen Side of Iran

A drug-sniffing dog, donated by the French government, is used to search a truck by Anti-Narcotics Police at Shahid Sherofat checkpoint near Esfahan, Iran, while a bus passes in the…

Summer 2005: Introduction

Among the casualties of the invasion and occupation of Iraq have been truth and trust, according to Sig Christenson, military affairs writer for the San Antonio Express-News. After working as…

The New York Times’s Travails in the Reign of Raines

‘As the ship veered onto the rocks, those who voiced warnings were ignored, while the bosses told each other how smart they were.’

Freedom and Liberty: Tough Stories to Tell

‘When freedom and orthodoxy collide, it’s interesting to note how the press behaves.’

‘Perilous Times’ for First Amendment Rights

Editors must ‘send the clear signal—and offer the necessary support—to make the coverage of government secrecy a priority in their newsrooms.’

Documenting Government Secrecy

Secrecy in the Bush AdministrationRep. Henry A. WaxmanU.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform-MinorityStaff Special Investigations Division,September 2004www.democrats.reform.house.govIn this 81-page report staff members of the Committee on Government Reform…

Reporting on Water as a Global Story

A network of international journalists produced multimedia reports on the consequences of privatizing water.

An Indefatigable Investigative Reporter

Seymour Hersh ‘still comes through as an outsider hungry for the latest scraps of news.’

The Precarious State of Television News

‘We’re going to have to completely reinvent it—not only the substance, but the way in which we interact with our audience.’