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Tracking Generational Change in Political Reporting

Displacing news reporting with analysis provides ‘the possibility of a far different sort of bias than coziness with a candidate.’
March 15, 2004

Thinking About Storytelling and Narrative Journalism

At a seminar with Robert Coles, the topic is stories and how they are best told.
March 15, 2004

‘It Felt Like Slow-Motion Robbery’

On January 21st, officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) searched the Toronto home of Juliet O’Neill, a reporter with the Ottawa Citizen. They also searched her desk at…
March 15, 2004

Reflecting the Floating City

The magic of networking offers pathways to the real Venice.
March 15, 2004

Elements of a Free Press in Indonesia

When Tom Rosenstiel and I wrote “The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect,” we felt pretty confident there would be an interested audience among…
March 15, 2004

Woman With a Movie Camera

Ning Ying’s cinematic visions document a rapidly changing China.
March 15, 2004

A Visual and Visceral Connection to the Cultural Revolution

‘Morning Sun’ explores the psychological and emotional topography of Mao’s China.
March 15, 2004

‘Red-Color News Soldier’

From the mid-1960’s to the early 1980’s, Li Zhensheng, a photojournalist, took thousands of rolls of film for the Heilongjiang Daily, the leading newspaper in Harbin, China. He was able…
March 15, 2004

Friendships, Feuds and Betrayal in the Newsroom

Arthur Gelb’s memoir reflects on The New York Times’s inner workings.
March 15, 2004

Ken Auletta’s ‘Backstory’ Reveals Insights About the Business of News

What happens when the romance of journalism collides with the reality of business?
March 15, 2004