[This article originally appeared in the Fall 1999 issue of Nieman Reports.] What happens when reporters are shut out by sources whom they believe are necessary to report a story? Several journalists at the Watchdog Conference argued that reporters often … Read more
[This article originally appeared in the Fall 1999 issue of Nieman Reports.] No topic consumed as much of the conversation at the Watchdog Journalism Conference [May 15, 1999 at Harvard University] as that of reporters’ relationships with sources. How are … Read more
The American press was halfway through the century just ended before journalists began to talk seriously about press responsibility. A letter Henry Luce wrote to Robert Hutchins, President of the University of Chicago, prompted this conversation. “I know what my … Read more
[This article originally appeared in the Summer 1998 issue of Nieman Reports.] Roy DeCarava doesn’t occupy a space, he blends with it. But to say that his approach to photography is stealth-like is to attribute to him a potential for … Read more
Rwandan refugees set up camps outside Goma. UN [United Nations] photo/John Isaac. [This article originally appeared in the Summer 1997 issue of Nieman Reports.] I gleaned a lot of utterly bizarre and … Read more