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[This article originally appeared in the March 1968 issue of Nieman Reports.]I would like to address my remarks to the younger journalists—those who will soon be leaving school. You will…

[This article originally appeared in the June 1970 issue of Nieman Reports].…One day when I was with the Washington bureau of The New York Times, our Supreme Court reporter, Anthony…

[This article originally appeared in the December 1970 issue of Nieman Reports.]…Those who would improve our practices in questionable ways come not only from the outside in the form of…

[This article originally appeared in the September 1971 issue of Nieman Reports.]Can white reporters accurately report events that involve blacks and other minority groups? This question—and the related topic of…

Portland (Maine) newspaper reframes the idea of objectivity to bring readers more forceful interpretive reporting.

[July 1960] – I propose to speak tonight on a moderately pretentious topic, the public responsibilities of newspapermen and lawyers.…As my concern is public responsibility in our professions, I want…

Other Cubans “wanted to reassure me about the strength of their religious belief despite their government’s claim to the contrary.”—Beatriz Terrazas, a l999 Nieman Fellow and staff photographer for The…

Widow of Muslim man killed in Banja Luka is comforted. Photo courtesy of Michele McDonald. [This article originally appeared in the Summer 1998 issue of Nieman Reports.]These photos were taken…

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…