Articles

Interactivity Creates a Different Kind of Journalism

A former newspaper editor turned radio host discovers ‘a forum, simultaneously public and intimate, for digesting news and debating its meaning.’
December 15, 2001
Tom Ashbrook

Stories the Media Decide Not to Tell

An Arab American assesses coverage from his dual perspective.
December 15, 2001
Abdelmagid Mazen

Moving Coverage Beyond a Woman’s Veil

In Iran, important stories about women are submerged by inaccurate assumptions.
December 15, 2001
Naghmeh Sohrabi

President Harry Truman Enlisted Journalists in the Cold War

Are there parallels between then and now?
December 15, 2001
Nancy Bernhard

Asking Probing Questions in a Time of National Crisis

Are journalists asking ‘the right question?’
December 15, 2001
Charles Nesson

Revealing Beauty in the Harshness of War

A woman in a burka walks near a mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif. 1990. Photo by Reza/Webistan.©On his journeys to Afghanistan, Iranian photographer Reza used his camera to document the life and…
December 15, 2001
Reza

Language Matters as We Try to Describe What Happened

‘By accepting language’s failure, we surrender our understanding and the complex meaning of events to silence….’
December 15, 2001
Beverly Wall

Machismo Is Only One Obstacle Women Face

A Colombian war reporter becomes involved with women’s issues.
December 15, 2001
María Cristina Caballero

Reporting on War, Listening to Women

An Indonesian journalist argues that women have a ‘psychological map’ of war.
December 15, 2001
Ratih Hardjono

Women, War and the Media

In October, Indian author and journalist Ammu Joseph presented a lecture on covering gender to students at the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai, India. An essay, based in part…
December 15, 2001
Ammu Joseph