Articles

Squeezing Originality Out of Editorial Cartoons

‘The resulting sameness of so much of our work has left us vulnerable.’

A New Advisory Board for the Nieman Foundation

‘… the staff and I needed the wise counsel that a group of advisors could provide.’

A Life’s Work Reconsidered

A reporter, kidnapped in Fallujah, reflects in the aftermath of that experience.

Drawing the Country’s Mood

‘… a drawing can pierce the emotional heart of a story deeper than the most gifted verbal lapidaries.’

Debunking the Explanations Given for Lost Jobs

A cartoonist offers reasons why editorial page cartoons need to survive.

Experiencing the Meaning of Journalism

Want a newspaper reprint with your barbecue sandwich? How’s that for a message near the capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, at Scotty’s Pink Pig restaurant?I know the grim news about what…

Portrait of a Courageous Guatemalan Journalist

‘Though the book features events from the past, it should be read as a story that can offer us much to contemplate about our present.’

We Define Journalism By Doing It

There’s a whiff of nostalgia to this question, an implied belief that journalism in the past was noble and pure and that recent trends might ruin it. That bias faces…

What It Took to Pull Me Through

A journalist discovers what it takes to report fully on adolescents’ lives.

The Fixable Decline of Editorial Cartooning

Editorial page editors and business decisions combine to weaken what is the strength of editorial cartoons.