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Documenting Social Ills With an Eye Toward Advocacy

Women’s health, homophobia, domestic violence, and rape are topics mainstream media often ignore.
September 15, 2001

News is Strategic in the Newspaper Business

Newsroom cost cutting should not imperil its special strengths.
September 15, 2001

Radio Diarists Document Their Lives

These ‘reporters’ capture moments journalists never could.
September 15, 2001

Radio Documentaries Take Listeners Into Dark Corners

David Isay is the founder of Sound Portraits Productions. Its radio documentaries profile the lives of men, women and children living in communities often neglected or misunderstood. During the past…
September 15, 2001

Making Change Work Away From Public Pressures

At Cox newspapers, economic hard times bring fresh approaches to news coverage.
September 15, 2001

Nieman Fellows Take to the Road in Korea

‘For 10 days we changed from being reporters to being diplomats of our profession.’
September 15, 2001

A Tape Recorder Becomes a Connecting Thread

Joshua Cutler. Photo by Kate Burton.I went to a small high school where everyone had some vague notion that I had a disease called Tourette’s syndrome. But very few students…
September 15, 2001

When the Cheering Stops and Anger Sets In

At the St. Paul Pioneer Press, beats will disappear and photos won’t be taken.
September 15, 2001

A Photographer’s Journey Begins With a Coffin

By documenting youngsters’ lives, he hopes to understand what is happening.
September 15, 2001

Ownership Guides a Newspaper’s Mission

Responding to Wall Street’s demands can erode long-term quality.
September 15, 2001