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Spring 2001: Youth Journalism Introduction

Mark Goodman, director of the Student Press Law Center, laments the lessons about journalism and the First Amendment that young people are learning as adults censor what they write. “Professionals…
March 15, 2001

Universities Teach Journalists Valuable Lessons

Specialized knowledge is gained, and questions beget more questions.
March 15, 2001

Looking for Stories in All the ‘Third Places’

In Detroit, reporters use civic mapping to find new stories and sources.
March 15, 2001

Civic Mapping Can Ignite a Reporter’s Curiosity

At The San Diego Union-Tribune, community experiences become stories.
March 15, 2001

Understanding the Community’s Civic Life

Journalists’ tools include new questions and different sources.
March 15, 2001

These Pictures Are Not About the Photographer

The camera documents humanity behind forgotten façades.
March 15, 2001

Filling a Void Left By Mainstream Media

Young temporary workers in Silicon Valley write out of their own experience.
March 15, 2001

Winter 2000: Financing News in the Internet Era Introduction

Figuring out how to make quality online journalism a financially viable proposition is consuming vast amounts of brainpower. The answer, so far: have very deep pockets. Mark Sauter, cofounder of…
December 15, 2000

Winter 2000: Developing a Global Interactive Dialogue Introduction

By using new technological devices to disassemble millions of computerized records, Chicago Tribune project reporter Mike Berens unearthed patterns of fatal nursing errors and transformed statistics into investigative stories. Brant…
December 15, 2000

The Web Pulled Viewers Away From the Olympic Games

From Sydney, it was a tale of two technologies, yesterday’s and tomorrow’s.
December 15, 2000