Articles

You’ve Got to ‘Be Carefully Taught’

Decision-making in TV newsrooms too often involves racial criteria.
March 15, 2001
Av Westin

Why ‘Mama’s Santos’ was honored by Let’s Do It Better

“Mama is preparing to die. This is nothing new. She started to make these preparations when I was in fourth grade, 34 years ago.”With that opening, Arizona Daily Star reporter…
March 15, 2001
Arlene Notoro Morgan

Colombia’s War Takes Place on a Global Stage

In exposing the roots and connections of violence, journalists risk their lives.
March 15, 2001
Ignacio G. Gómez

When Incumbents Run in House Races, The Press Stays Home

In Maryland, major news organizations ignored a close congressional race.
March 15, 2001
Steve Nordlinger

Let’s Do It Better: 2000 Honorees

Newspapers:Newspaper of the Year—NewsdayFor overall excellence in covering race and ethnicity and for developing a strategy to deal with the paper’s demographic challenge. Gabriel Escobar, city editor, The Washington Post…
March 15, 2001

Linking Content and Credibility to Newsroom Diversity

The Maynard Institute’s ‘Reality Checks’ seminar explores enduring Fault Lines.
March 15, 2001
Erna Smith

Freedom of the Press Stops at the Schoolhouse Gate

The consequences of student press censorship could be devastating.
March 15, 2001
Mark Goodman

Truth in the Crossfire

In a brutal attack, ‘my truth…was dealt a mortal wound.’
March 15, 2001
Jineth Bedoya Lima

Journalists Murdered, Attacked, Kidnapped and Threatened in Colombia

Between 1986 and 1995, 43 journalists were murdered in Colombia, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which suspects this number is an underestimate since many reported murders of…
March 15, 2001

Forgotten Stories About Forgotten People

‘Journalists could do a much better job reminding us of who we are supposed to be.’
March 15, 2001
Peter Edelman