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The Language and Culture of the Energy Beat

The first time I communicated in French and actually understood the response, I was elated. Those foreign syllables really did mean something, and as my misunderstandings and mispronunciations decreased, my…

Shoe Leather Beats BlackBerries

Too much time is spent with candidates, not enough learning from voters.

‘The Unbearable Heaviness of Industry’

‘In China, the road to full industrialization is gradually but surely unveiling itself.’

The Internet Beat on the Campaign Trail

‘Political journalists are using Web sites to tell stories they didn’t have room to tell in their newspapers.’

Spring 2004: International Journalism Introduction

During the most turbulent years in China’s recent history, photojournalist Li Zhensheng documented the “human tragedies and personal foibles” of the Cultural Revolution and its aftermath for the Heilongjiang Daily…

The Idea of Educating Journalists

Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism travels a long, bumpy road to approach its founder’s vision.

Spring 2004: Reporting from the Campaign Trail Introduction

In his essay “Only a Lunatic Would Do This Kind of Work,” David M. Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, captures the essence of what motivates political journalists. “They…

Tracking Generational Change in Political Reporting

Displacing news reporting with analysis provides ‘the possibility of a far different sort of bias than coziness with a candidate.’

Thinking About Storytelling and Narrative Journalism

At a seminar with Robert Coles, the topic is stories and how they are best told.

‘It Felt Like Slow-Motion Robbery’

On January 21st, officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) searched the Toronto home of Juliet O’Neill, a reporter with the Ottawa Citizen. They also searched her desk at…