Articles

A Mid-Sized Newspaper Connects Its Readers to Africa

Times Union journalists traveled to Malawi to trace the links of local citizens to the people of sub-Saharan Africa.
September 15, 2004
Rex Smith

Journalists and Humanitarian NGO’s

In our ‘symbiotic’ relationship, aid workers become sources, gatekeepers or eye openers.
September 15, 2004
Hilaire Avril

Taking Photographs in North Korea

‘You are not allowed to photograph people. You are not allowed to go anywhere without a guide.’
September 15, 2004
Dermot Tatlow

Using Public Records Laws to Expose Government Misdeeds

For one journalist, it took 20 years, lots of research, and several court decisions to uncover the FBI’s abuses of power and secrecy on a campus during the cold war.
September 15, 2004
Seth Rosenfeld

Documentaries Raise Questions Journalists Should Ask Themselves

‘Have they delved deeply enough into issues surrounding the nation’s war on terror and its homeland security?’
September 15, 2004
Rose Economou

‘Infoganda’ in Uniform

The Bush administration creates media outlets to tell its story.
September 15, 2004
Charles Zewe

‘Homeland’

A journalist reveals America in the wake of the September 11th attacks.
September 15, 2004
Dale Maharidge

When FOIA Requests Become a Reporting Habit

At the York Daily Record/Sunday News, reporters don’t hesitate to push agencies for undisclosed information.
September 15, 2004
Rob Walters

Priorities in the Struggle for Press Freedom

There are areas at The Namibian that we’ve possibly failed to address rigorously but that should be made priorities in the struggle for press freedom. These include the following:Advocacy: Although…
September 15, 2004
Gwen Lister

Journalist’s Trade “Africa: Stories to Be Told” Introduction (Fall 2004)

Africa is portrayed in the Western media by its extremes, observes Ugandan journalist Charles Onyango-Obbo, a managing editor with the Nation Media Group in Nairobi, Kenya. Stories about its civil…
September 15, 2004
Melissa Ludtke