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Winter 2003: Young Readers Introduction

Newspaper reading isn’t a daily habit for most young people. Instead they catch headlines on Web sites, share opinions on Weblogs, and see breaking news alerts along TV scroll bars.…
December 15, 2003

Winter 2003: Journalist’s Trade Introduction

With its unusual purpose and Hollywood celebrity, California’s autumn recall election became an archetypal mix of entertainment and news reporting. Lessons from its reporters shed light on some of the…
December 15, 2003

Seeing the Holocaust Through a Child’s Eyes

The following excerpt is from a longer piece, “Seeing Devastation Through a Child’s Eyes,” written by Kayla Conklin and published in Voices in April 2003. Conklin is a former Voices’…
December 15, 2003

Wondering What a Political Story Is

In this celebrity-driven election, a journalist questions her judgment about what should be reported.
December 15, 2003

Lights, Camera, Recall

Television news coverage could not get past a candidate’s star power.
December 15, 2003

‘Coloring the News’ Collides With Journalists

‘… too many of those with heavy investments in the diversity crusade either read my arguments wrong or preferred not to review their investments.’
September 15, 2003

A Nieman Visit to Cuba

The fellows discovered risk-takers who ‘live with a wink, a fiction, and perhaps a few bribes.’
September 15, 2003

A Weblog Sharpens Journalism Students’ Skills

‘Students—the writers and editors—publish a respectable, if not professional, product every day on the World Wide Web.’
September 15, 2003

Blogging Connects a Columnist to New Story Ideas

‘… I have always suspected that many of my readers know more than I do.’
September 15, 2003

An Editor Acts to Limit a Staffer’s Weblog

‘This is not an issue of freedom of speech.’
September 15, 2003