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Katrina Fatigue: Listeners Say They’ve Heard Enough

‘What we hear is not that it’s time to stop our coverage of Katrina’s aftermath: We hear that we need to do it better.’

Summer 2007: Introduction

“The blast had not been an attack at all,” writes Griff Witte, the Islamabad/Kabul bureau chief for The Washington Post, about a deadly blast in a gunpowder shop in the center…

The Civil Rights Struggle and the Press

A book revisits the time when only a few brave voices in the Southern press stood up against the many ‘that supported and often led massive resistance to change.’

A Photojournalist Immerses Himself in the Story Being Told

An Essay in Words and Photographs

Two Years Later, Justice Denied

In reporting a story about public officials' misuse of government funds, police injure an investigative journalist in a ‘particularly violent encounter.’

American Muslims

By some estimates, as many as six million Muslims live in the United States. They have roots around the globe, from Albania to Senegal, Guyana to Pakistan. Some 34 percent…

Summer 2007: Words & Reflections Introduction

On an April morning in 2005, WJLA-TV investigative reporter Andrea McCarren set out with a photographer to do some preliminary reporting about the activities of a Prince George’s (Md.) County…

Visual Contours of Middle Eastern Life

An Essay in Words and Photographs

Honoring the Best for Fairness in Reporting

‘Newspapers that meet the test of fairness can reassure the public of the important role of the press as a vital institution of democracy.’

Newspapers, Schools and Newsroom Diversity

Newspapers are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain journalists of color. Right now, their annual turnover exceeds 10 percent, which is significantly higher than for their white counterparts.…