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Is the Western press listening to its colleagues in Third World countries?

[This article originally appeared in the March 1972 issue of Nieman Reports.]God knows we are not perfect as professionals. To be honest, after eight years of covering the Vietnam War,…

[This article originally appeared in the March 1964 issue of Nieman Reports.]The resident American press corps during my time in New Delhi (1961-1963) was comparatively small—the two wire services, the…

By not tapping into rap’s message of violence media failed to prepare public for rampage.

The managerial ranks of newspapers are a purer white than Ivory Snow.

A school library in Farmville, Virginia. From plaintiffs’ exhibits—photographs filed in Dorothy E. Davis, et al. versus County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia, Civil Action No. 1333. Photo…

[This article originally appeared in the April 1962 issue of Nieman Reports.]In “Absolom, Absolom!,” one of William Faulkner’s great Gothic novels of Yoknapatawpha county, Quinten Compson goes to Harvard and…

Troops escort nine black students into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957. Associated Press Photo, courtesy of The Associated Press.[This article originally appeared in the April…

[This article originally appeared in the April 1948 issue of Nieman Reports.]As a personal preface to these comments, I would like to point out that they have been delayed because…

[This article originally appeared in the Autumn 1982 issue of Nieman Reports.]The independence era dawned over black Africa two decades ago, and in the flush of victory the new presidents…