Articles

Trapped in a Time-Warped Narrative

A BBC foreign correspondent pleads with journalists to move past their relentless focus on Africa’s misery.  
September 15, 2004
Fergal Keane

CBS Lets the Pentagon Taint Its News Process

In acquiescing to government requests for two broadcast delays, CBS News erred.
September 15, 2004
Stephen J. Berry

Partnering With Young People

A program to improve child health engages teenagers interested in journalism.
September 15, 2004
Jerome Aumente

Transparency Benefits the Practice of Journalism

‘The Nieman Watchdog Project … is grounded in the belief that probing questions are essential to informed reporting.’
September 15, 2004
Bob Giles

Managing Media in Times of Crisis

Gwen Lister, editor of The Namibian, an independent daily newspaper in Namibia, spoke to delegates at the UNESCO conference on “Freedom of Expression and Conflict Management in Crisis Situations and…
September 15, 2004
Gwen Lister

Lessons in Managing Independent Media

At The Namibian, we’ve experienced successes and some failures due to a number of factors both within and outside our control. Our success in ensuring the survival of the newspaper…
September 15, 2004
Gwen Lister

Documenting the Experiences of Military Families

‘… as I set out to tell this story, I soon discovered that the voices of military children were all but invisible.’
September 15, 2004
Barbara Walsh

The Government Silenced Zimbabwe’s Only Independent Newspaper

‘Revealing the facts about their corruption and mismanagement really makes bad rulers mad.’
September 15, 2004
Yvonne van der Heijden

Focusing on Human Rights

With survivors telling their stories, U.S. News & World Report describes life inside North Korea’s gulag.
September 15, 2004
Thomas Omestad

Blogging North Korea

The Web provides a good opportunity for ‘niche’ audiences to find more international news.
September 15, 2004
Rebecca MacKinnon