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Melissa Ludtke

@MelissaLudtke

Melissa Ludtke was editor of Nieman Reports from 1998 to 2011.

Summer 2000: International Journalism Introduction

In the fall of 1999, Dragoljub Zarkovic, Editor in Chief of the Serbian independent weekly VREME, walked out of a conference convened by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in…
June 15, 2000

Summer 2000: Words & Reflections Introduction

If the conscientious practice of journalism is essential to democracy, as the First Amendment attests, then what, if any, contemporary forces are undermining the critical role journalists have historically played?…
June 15, 2000

Winter 1999 – Spring 2000: Objectivity Introduction

Nothing about journalism so engages—and enrages—the public and practitioners as do discussions about whether reporters can be and are objective observers of events they describe. Innumerable studies have set out…
December 15, 1999

Winter 1999 – Spring 2000: Sources Introduction

In the spring of 1999, Nieman Curator Bill Kovach opened the second Watchdog Journalism Conference by voicing concern about the possible consequences of shifting relationships among sources and journalists. He…
December 15, 1999

Winter 1999 – Spring 2000: Journalism Introduction

What you [see] here is a collection which reflects the substance of the first 53 years of the conversation journalists have engaged in about their rights and responsibilities in the…
December 15, 1999

Winter 1999 – Spring 2000: Electronic Media Introduction

From the 1940’s through the 1990’s, technological innovation in electronic media has tugged print journalism into unaccustomed realms of news reporting. During earlier decades, this tug came most strongly from…
December 15, 1999

Winter 1999 – Spring 2000: Race Introduction

From early in the magazine’s history, America’s dilemma—race relations and, in this case, how journalists report stories involving race—has been dissected and debated. Regarded initially in Nieman Reports from the…
December 15, 1999

Winter 1999 – Spring 2000: International News Introduction

It was not until 1952, 14 years after the Nieman Foundation was founded, that the first international Fellows arrived in Cambridge. They were from New Zealand, Australia and Canada. Since…
December 15, 1999

Reporters Wrestle With How to Use Sources

Name them? Socialize with them? Trust them?
September 15, 1999

Can Anybody Find News Here?

In Hyannis Port, nobody could. But ‘news’ was delivered, anyway.
September 15, 1999