[This article originally appeared in the Spring 1983 issue of Nieman Reports.] …[E]ven at this stage [following a conference reassessing reporting from China] some facts, insights and themes emerge that can point toward answers to those large and lesser questions … Read more
President Calvin Coolidge in cowboy outfit with press photographers. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. [This article originally appeared in the September 1964 issue of Nieman Reports.] The press conference as … Read more
[This article originally appeared in the October 1959 issue of Nieman Reports.] I do not think that I need to tell you that standing on this famous platform I feel awkward and shy. I have never done anything like this … Read more
[This article originally appeared in the September 1960 issue of Nieman Reports.] …I remember going over to the President’s house.… And he said, “You know it’s only three years—you’re the third class [of Niemans]. But I think maybe you people … Read more
[This article originally appeared in the July 1961 issue of Nieman Reports.] “Communications specialists” and working newspapermen sometimes glibly assert without a shred of proof that the American people are the best informed people in the world. This is a … Read more
[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 ways. I’ve found freedom of speech in the American … Read more
