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Teaching Multimedia Journalism

News organizations throughout the world require journalists to report for multiple platforms, including the Web. In my role as a journalism professor at the University of Hong Kong and the…

Intimidation and Convictions of Journalists

Journalist Robert Shelton told a 1950’s Senate subcommittee it was ‘engendering the fear that soon it will be looking into newsrooms all over the country.’

Urgent Issues the Press Usually Ignore

A focus on smaller stories ‘too often fails to connect the proverbial dots and avoids too much digging into or interpreting the larger picture.’

The Investigative Journalist’s Digital Tool Kit

Working, as we do, in our digital, converged-media school of journalism at Kent State, we are learning to use the new technology to educate the next generation of journalists. When…

Squeezing Substance Into the ‘Sensational and Superficial’

Experiences in the Philippines taught a journalist that ‘the space for watchdog reporting must be created before new structures congeal.’

A Vital Responsibility in Need of Support

‘… our industry, as a whole, cannot afford to abandon or cut back on investigative reporting, particularly on local and regional issues.’

Digital Journalism: Will It Work for Investigative Journalism?

The Nieman Watchdog Project’s editor explores what might be missing and what might be found as journalists turn to the Web to assist in reporting.

What Are Newspaper Journalists Investigating?

RELATED WEB LINK“Extra! Extra!”— ire.org/extraextraWhat follows are a few examples from the wide range of investigations being done by mainstream media outlets throughout the United States. The examples—grouped by general…

Letter to the Editor

Politics and the New Media: An Introduction

When "Stories About Campaign Coverage: From BlackBerries and the Web to Images and Ideas" appeared in the Spring 2004 issue of Nieman Reports, its opening words belonged to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…