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Melissa Ludtke

@MelissaLudtke

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

Fall 2005: Words & Reflections Introduction

In reflecting on the book, “A Matter of Opinion,” Ray Jenkins explains why its author, Victor S. Navasky, so strongly advocates “cutting-edge reporting, with an acknowledged point of view unrestrained…
September 15, 2005

Fall 2005: Changing Newspapers, Changing News Introduction

In an effort to make decisions and activities transparent, Steven A. Smith, editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, invites members of the public into morning news meetings, assigns five…
September 15, 2005

Fall 2005: Introduction

As a young reporter at The Rapid City Journal, Tim Giago was seldom allowed to cover stories on the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation where he was raised. As one…
September 15, 2005

Fall 2005: Comparing National and Local Campaign Coverage Introduction

As a young reporter at The Rapid City Journal, Tim Giago was seldom allowed to cover stories on the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation where he was raised. As one…
September 15, 2005

Summer 2005: Words & Reflections Introduction

It’s as much the “nitty-gritty of the journalistic enterprise, the ‘how-do-I-do this’ quality of reporting in Iraq” as “the life of the society he is covering” that Edward A. Gargan,…
June 15, 2005

Summer 2005: International Journalism Introduction

Rarely do photographs accompany words on the op-ed page of The New York Times. But earlier this year Times columnist Nicholas Kristof connected four gruesome images of the genocide taking…
June 15, 2005

Summer 2005: Training Journalists in Foreign Countries Introduction

“Courses that are designed to inspire journalists or encourage creative approaches to the craft are more likely to be exercises in frustration if, at the end of the training, they…
June 15, 2005

Summer 2005: Introduction

Among the casualties of the invasion and occupation of Iraq have been truth and trust, according to Sig Christenson, military affairs writer for the San Antonio Express-News. After working as…
June 15, 2005

Spring 2005: Words & Reflections Introduction

Arguments for journalistic quality typically assert the importance of First Amendment responsibilities. In his book, “The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age,” Philip Meyer, Knight Chair in Journalism…
March 15, 2005

Spring 2005: Tsunami Coverage Introduction

“When the tsunami hit Thailand’s coastal line … nobody in this country would have thought that Mother Nature could inflict such casualties to the land of smile.” With those words,…
March 15, 2005