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Journalists Ask Questions, Then Refuse to Answer Them

‘How can we have the guts to run a controversial story and then put a muzzle on staffers to comment?’

A Nieman Year Spent Pondering Storytelling

‘TV documentaries were dull because they misused the medium.’

With Child-Care Stories, It Still Comes Down to Mothers

Negative findings grab the headlines.

First-Person Narratives on Radio Document Historic Memory

While emotionally powerful, their production presents journalistic challenges.

‘What the Hell is a Radio Documentary?’

It’s a familiar question. Now here are some answers.

Narrative Journalism: A New Nieman Program

Mark Kramer brings his teaching and narrative journalism conference to Harvard.

A Journalist Allows This Story to Speak for Itself

This House Has Fallen: Midnight in NigeriaKarl MaierPublic Affairs. 327 Pages. $26.Eight years ago a presidential election was held in an African country that was remarkable, given the continent’s gloomy…

Essays by a Mexican Journalist Explore the Americas

Exposing the ‘nervous system of countries struggling with great change.’

Editorials: Pungent, Profound and Path Breaking

A book offers practical pointers about how the best in journalism transmit ideas and opinion.

Using the Web for an Interactive Documentary Project

At 360degrees.org, the U.S. criminal justice system is examined from many perspectives.