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A sensitive photographer deals with the difficult assignments.

[This article originally appeared in the Autumn 1974 issue of Nieman Reports.]The media—and in particular newspapers—are taken to task by Edwin Newman in the October [1974] issue of The Atlantic…

The national media are no longer just observers and messengers, but are now lead actors in government.

“It is my judgment that Mr. Johnson wants to hold control in his own hands.”—Strout. Photo by Jack Kightlinger, courtesy of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library Collection. [This article originally…

“Television by its nature has to move on…it cannot explain or expound.”—Muggeridge. Civil rights march on Washington, D.C., 1963. Photo courtesy of the Still Picture Branch, National Archives at College…

[This article originally appeared in the October 1951 issue of Nieman Reports.]The challenge of television to the newspaper is one which newspapermen cannot take lightly, and one which you must…

[This article originally appeared in the January 1949 issue of Nieman Reports.]“I never expected to see an old hand in the newspaper business cavorting in front of a bunch of…

Consider the record of smashed cameras and the arbitrary barring of news photographers.

What are the sound limits of ‘background’ reporting?

[This article originally appeared in the April 1952 issue of Nieman Reports.]The two main ways to communicate ideas in America are by press and radio. I’ve communicated with America both…