Articles

The ‘Welfare Queen’ Experiment

How Viewers React to Images of African-American Mothers on Welfare
June 15, 1999
Franklin D. Gilliam Jr.

Excerpt From Remarks

Big companies are like battleships going down the middle of a gulf. When we fire our guns they’re pretty loud, but we don’t change direction very well.It’s the size of…
June 15, 1999
David Corvo

Excerpt From Remarks

In 1978, ABC started a program called “20/20,” as a kind of a standard newsmagazine program. They were trying to see what they could do in the “60 Minutes” business.…
June 15, 1999
Richard Reeves

Excerpt From Speech

We celebrate tonight the men and women whose dedication to the collection and distribution of facts threatens their very existence. When they antagonize those with money, political power and guns,…
June 15, 1999
Ted Koppel

Watching the Watchdogs

In Kenya, a Monthly Media Review Keeps a Watchful Eye on Journalists and Others
June 15, 1999
Wilson Wanene

Summer 1999: Introduction

Reforming Welfare, Reporting on Poverty: The Challenges of Reporting This Story in Various Communities and Other Countries
June 15, 1999
Melissa Ludtke

Summer 1999: The Journalist’s Job Introduction

Ethnic conflict in the Balkans provides examples of crimes of war and abuses of human rights that journalists are being increasingly called upon to cover. Our focus then turns to…
June 15, 1999
Melissa Ludtke

Summer 1999: Words & Reflections Introduction

In this issue, reviews of books will mingle with reflections from authors, journalists and other observers about ways in which members of the media report on events of our time.There…
June 15, 1999
Melissa Ludtke

The Evolving Coverage of Welfare Reform

Themes of Dependency Give Way to Complexities of Life Among the Working Poor
June 15, 1999
Lynda McDonnell

Using the Camera to Peer Inside

When I went to Cuba in January 1998 to photograph Pope John Paul II’s historic visit, I was seeing a familiar subject—I’d been there with my camera for his visits…
June 15, 1999
Beatriz Terrazas