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Documenting Democracy in America

The Indivisible project portrays grassroots activitiy in 12 communities.
September 15, 2001

Revealing Afghanistan

Chris Steele-Perkins captures a people’s grace and culture.
September 15, 2001

A Neighbor Wonders About Her Role as a Media Source

‘Had my attempt to honor dear friends actually caused harm?’
September 15, 2001

Fall 2001: Introduction

At a time when so much of journalism is quicker, shorter and hyped to grab the public’s presumed short-attention span, the documentary—with its slower pace and meandering moments—is finding receptive…
September 15, 2001

Using Documentaries to Move People to Action

Films serve as powerful catalysts for the Television Race Initiative.
September 15, 2001

Long-Form Documentaries Serve a Vital Journalistic Role

Today’s complexities don’t fit into tidy news magazine packages.
September 15, 2001

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