Author

Watson Sims

Watson Sims, a 1953 Nieman Fellow, was a World War II veteran and a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press for 25 years. He was later editor of newspapers in Battle Creek, Michigan and New Brunswick, New Jersey and directed media studies for The George H. Gallup International Institute in Princeton, New Jersey.

Newspapers Have Met Their Enemy Within

‘The question is not whether the newspaper is dead, but whether it can be rescued from unreasonable demands.’
December 15, 2006

Press Freedom in Ropczycka, Poland

An American journalist observes the opening months of a newspaper’s birth.
June 15, 2005

Journalists Built a Bridge of Understanding Between East and West

During the cold war, Soviet and American editors learned from one another.
March 15, 2003