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Protesting Doonesbury’s Dismissal

‘What is practiced these days is not censorship with a U.S. government stamp.’

York Daily Record/Sunday News Stories Based on FOIA Requests

In February 2002, The York Daily Record/Sunday News wrote about a convicted killer sitting on death row for 20 years, longer than anyone else in the United States. In its…

Journalism and Trauma: A Long Overdue Conjunction

Covering violence ‘chews at the vitality of those who must cover it day after day.’

U.S. Newspapers Decide Which Images of the Fallujah Killings to Publish

Cheering Iraqis with burning SUV. Photo by Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images.Akron Beacon JournalAnchorage Daily News (cropped)The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThe Boston GlobeChicago Sun-TimesThe (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (cropped)The Columbus DispatchDaily News of Los AngelesThe…

The Psychological Hazards of War Journalism

A psychiatrist examines how journalists respond to what they witness and report.

Acting as a Witness to a Forgotten War

‘Even if nobody for whom I write this story cares, it is difficult for me to forget Chechnya.’

When a Story Inhabits the Mind

‘… I rely on a brave group of Chechen journalists to keep me— and my readers—informed.’

Securing the Right to Be Heard

A new book explores how a 1960’s case about race in Mississippi transformed television news and the Federal Communications Commission.

Digging Beneath Quotes to Tell the Story

A reporter decides to ‘cover what government does instead of what politicians say.’

Measuring the News Media’s Effectiveness

A new annual report locates plenty of contradictory trends and perceptions.