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4. Nonprofit Organizations

George Rodrigue, the panel chair, began the discussion.Discussion Who’s Who Crewdson, John—Investigative National Correspondent, Chicago Tribune. Delaney, Paul—Former Assistant National Editor, New York Times, now involved in planning “Our World,”…

2. State and Local Government

Joyce Purnick, the panel chair, led the discussion.Discussion Who’s Who Bauer, Charlotte—Assistant to Editor, Sunday Times, Johannesburg. Berkes, Howard—Correspondent based in Salt Lake City, National Public Radio. Berliner, Uri—Staff Writer,…

Ideas for Watchdog Reporting

RELATED ARTICLES1. National Security2. State and Local Government 3. Economics4. Nonprofit OrganizationsOn the eve of the 21st Century, a new challenge faces journalism, which concerns itself with democratic…

1. National Security

The National Security panel was chaired by Daniel Schorr, who began the discussion.Discussion Who’s Who Berkes, Howard—Correspondent based in Salt Lake City for National Public Radio. Frankel, Max—Former Executive Editor,…

Radical Right ‘Bust’ Feared From Poverty

I’m deeply troubled in America that the chasm between those who have wealth and those who don’t is getting wider and wider. There are more people who are the have-nots…

How to Make Poverty Disappear

Poverty is clearly something of our own doing, but the non-poor are no longer moved to take concerted action to alleviate it. This is not because they think the solution…

Full Quotation on Newsroom Ethics

Athens, GeorgiaTo the Editor:Undoubtedly under severe space constraints, my good friend Phil Meyer and his co-author, M. David Arant, plucked a six-word quote from my book to lead their fine…

Newspaper-Tobacco ‘Unholy Alliance’

Angola, IndianaTo the Editor:It was refreshing to read Morton Mintz’s article, “The ACLU and the Tobacco Companies” [Nieman Reports Spring 1998]. Such an exposé is long overdue, and I applaud…

Storytelling vs. Truth Telling

As this issue of Nieman Reports goes to press, Sirius, the Dog Star, rises with the sun. We are in the midst of dog days, and the suspicions of the…

Michele McDonald

Alabanians show reports of beatings by Serbs in Kosovo.These photos were taken in August, 1993 in Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo for The Boston Globe. Reporter Sally Jacobs and I were…