Articles

Blogging the War Away

A media critic wages his own media war against the coverage of the war.
June 15, 2003
Danny Schechter

Using Technology to Uncover Medical Stories

With computer-assisted reporting: Think small and big.
June 15, 2003
Chris Adams

German Skepticism About America’s Intent and Goals in Iraq

One headline called it ‘The worst invasion of Baghdad since the Mongols.’
June 15, 2003
Martin Gehlen

Getting a More Complete War Story

Arab + U.S. television = more accurate war coverage.
June 15, 2003
Rami G. Khouri

Summer 2003: Watchdog Reporting Introduction

As part of the Nieman Foundation’s Watchdog Journalism Project, Nieman Reports is featuring two articles about watchdog reporting. In the first, Deborah Henley, executive editor of The (Delaware) News Journal,…
June 15, 2003
Melissa Ludtke

Summer 2003: Introduction

It’s always been a tug-of-war between secretive government officials and those whose job it is—the press—to hold them and their actions accountable. In peaceful times, no elected leaders, no appointed…
June 15, 2003
Melissa Ludtke

Summer 2003: Medical Reporting Introduction

“The chasm between medical journalists and physicians appears mostly to be one of ignorance rather than conflicting interests or malice,” writes Terry L. Schraeder, who for 10 years worked as…
June 15, 2003
Melissa Ludtke

Summer 2003: Words & Reflections Introduction

Is it possible for truth to exist in journalism? This question resides at the core of “The Press Effect: Politicians and the Stories That Shape the Political World,” a book…
June 15, 2003
Melissa Ludtke

Readers Question Editors’ Judgments About War Coverage

‘Where were these stories when, over the last year, Bush was building up his “case” for war?’
June 15, 2003
Michael Getler

Newspaper Editors Confront Errors

‘We learn from one another’s mistakes.’
June 15, 2003
Bob Giles