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Brent Walth

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Brent Walth, a 2006 Nieman Fellow, was a reporter at The Oregonian, where he shared the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service reporting with colleagues at the newspaper. He is now managing news editor at Willamette Week in Oregon.

Redefining a Newspaper’s Watchdog Approach

On a soggy December morning, a hillside above a busy Oregon highway gave way, and a torrent of mud, rock and trees buried the road, destroyed homes, and smashed cars.…
March 15, 2008

The Humanity of Journalism

‘As journalists, we make moral and subjective choices all of the time, just like the people we cover.’
December 15, 2007

Teaching Journalism Students to Value What Is Authentic

‘I thought by sheer will I could be the one teacher who led his students away from plagiarism.’
December 15, 2006

Journalism: Its Generational Passage

Samuel G. Freedman ‘urges young journalists to be independent thinkers in newsrooms filled with consensus and conformity.’
September 15, 2006