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What Stands Between the Press and the Truth?

When it comes to coverage involving politics, the answer seems to be a lot.

Reporting Holds Michigan’s Child Welfare System Accountable

At the Detroit Free Press, a watchdog reporter sees the impact of his stories.

The Arguments: The News Journal v. DELJIS

To try to prevent newspaper access to computer databases, the Delaware Criminal Justice Information System (DELJIS) has argued that: By using fields to link cases related to a defendant, a…

Receiving Very Different News

‘It’s like you are talking about two different worlds.’

Deciding What Images to Show

‘If a fact is ugly, should it be kept at a distance from readers and viewers?’

The View From Inside the Military

Embedding of journalists was an experiment. How did it work?

Embedding Reporters on the Frontline

With regained public trust, watchdog reporting might be more welcomed for its role in protecting democracy.

Embedded Reporting

Is objectivity an acceptable casualty of this kind of reporting?

The Safety of Journalists Who Cover Wars

‘Communications have changed everything—on the battlefield and at home.’

In War, Journalists Become Part of the Problem

‘It was horrifying, confusing, numbing and nothing like the myth I had been peddled.’