‘Routinely we witness the awful things that people do to each other and the most enduring awfulness of all, the aftermath.’

‘That day in the bedroom Gary asked the questions; he fought the urge to cry. He did his job.’

‘… when you are compelled to leave your … family, your work, your country, and your life as you knew it, that’s when you realize you cannot give up. You…

A journalist involved with the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s radio coverage of that country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission describes how it was done and why decisions made about its approach…

An extended, online-only version of Antjie Krog's "Manipulator or Human Rights Facilitator?"

‘… Nieman Fellows who’d been in the Balkans wanted to take courses in music, art, poetry, and other kinds of literature. I don’t think this happens arbitrarily.’

‘We have to be inside of the circle to understand the conversation, to get down and dirty with the people who are making art, and still keep that distance by…

Depicting an individual’s story leads viewers to awareness of a ‘generalized horror.’

‘… press analysts who back up their judgments with reporting, research, style and wit’ earn praise, but it’s advocacy groups from both sides of the political spectrum who receive much…

 ‘I wonder how different things would have turned out if I could have found help for al-Zaidi. If assistance came sooner for his possible post-traumatic stress, maybe the shoe-throwing incident…