Articles

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…

Reflecting the Floating City

The magic of networking offers pathways to the real Venice.

Elements of a Free Press in Indonesia

When Tom Rosenstiel and I wrote “The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect,” we felt pretty confident there would be an interested audience among…

Woman With a Movie Camera

Ning Ying’s cinematic visions document a rapidly changing China.

A Visual and Visceral Connection to the Cultural Revolution

‘Morning Sun’ explores the psychological and emotional topography of Mao’s China.

‘Red-Color News Soldier’

From the mid-1960’s to the early 1980’s, Li Zhensheng, a photojournalist, took thousands of rolls of film for the Heilongjiang Daily, the leading newspaper in Harbin, China. He was able…