There’s a whiff of nostalgia to this question, an implied belief that journalism in the past was noble and pure and that recent trends might ruin it. That bias faces us squarely in the wrong direction—backward—in thinking about what journalism … Read more
Photo by Keith Greene, News & Observer, courtesy of The News & Observer. [This article originally appeared in the Winter 1996 issue of Nieman Reports.] The best environmental story I ever worked … Read more
Joyce Purnick speaks for many a metro and state editor when she describes the strain of keeping up with the news while watching for the big stories. At a midsize regional paper, the metro desk always answers the phone for … Read more