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The Inner Fire of Muckraking Journalists

Steve Weinberg writes about the inner fire that made Jack Anderson love to kick Nixon around, Dan Kennedy looks at a new take on the complicated life of Marshall McLuhan,…

Revealing the Underbelly of Turbulent Times

The plot of James O’Shea’s book reads like a fast-paced novel: greedy owners, corporate intrigue, a boorish manager, and a staff revolt. Yet it’s a true story.In “The Deal From…

Engaging Communities: Content and Conversation

‘Editors ought to require that story pitches and budget lines include an engagement component, reflecting community conversation, collaboration and outreach.’

Online Comments: Dialogue or Diatribe?

Among the minority who dominate the online conversation is ‘the digital equivalent of the loudest drunk in the bar.’

Community: A New Business Model for News

‘… the most powerful emerging business driver in the new economy is community.’

Local Reporting Builds a Community’s ‘Social Capital’

‘Community journalism assumes its value in finding ways to connect people—by identifying passions and concerns they share, linking neighbor to neighbor, and motivating people to act.’
A Photographer’s Journey:  From Newspapers to Social Media

A Photographer’s Journey: From Newspapers to Social Media

In this photo essay from the Fall 2009 issue of Nieman Reports, Philadelphia photojournalist Jim MacMillan discusses how social media helped his post-newspaper career.

In a Time of Need, a Friend Indeed

‘I imagine [the memorial service for the Rev. Peter J. Gomes] was filled with people like me who needed to thank a man, a minister, who helped them believe again—whether…

Remembering James H. McCartney

Rick Smith, a longtime friend of James H. McCartney, NF ’64, delivered this eulogy at a memorial service in early June at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.When I…

Summer 2011: Introduction

In digital space, journalists are proving to be a powerful force in creating, nurturing and engaging communities. No longer serving only geographic zones, they confront the fragmentation of audience and the need to attract and…