Features Plus ça change… Of all the papers and newsmagazines in France, one in particular should have been well prepared for the challenges of this digital era: Libération. With its witty headlines, striking photo… September 11, 2014 Peter Gumbel It’s Good to Talk Members of Cuba’s mass media, which is completely in the hands of the state, cover only what’s convenient for the government. Because of that, in February of 2009, a group… September 11, 2014 Roberto de Jesús Guerra Pérez “Thick Files and a Long Memory” Henry Constantin was a 22-year-old journalism student at a Cuban university in 2006 when he proposed a thesis critical of the country’s brand of reporting. He was promptly kicked out… September 11, 2014 Juan O. Tamayo Facts, Not Opinions As recently as 2008, it was illegal for Cubans to own a cell phone and impossible for them to buy a computer. No independent journalist had a mobile device, and… September 11, 2014 Hugo A. Landa Island in the Storm In Cuba, it’s called “D-Day”—that hypothetical future date on which the Castro regime falls. D-Day is a date long-awaited by broad sectors of the population, the Cuban diaspora, media outlets… September 11, 2014 Yoani Sánchez Quiet Human Moments Amidst Great Strife Many years ago, I asked Anja to show me her favorite picture, the one she liked the most. The photo she sent showed an elegant older man sitting on the… July 15, 2014 Kathleen Carroll “A Sense of Exhilaration and Possibility” In December of 2011, Turkish military jets bombed the village of Uludere, about five miles from the border with Iraq, killing 34. Was the attack a tragic mistake or a… July 15, 2014 Engin Onder How comics can enhance reader engagement, bring new audiences to narrative nonfiction Shortly after I co-founded Symbolia, a digital publication that merges comic books and journalism, I got an intriguing pitch. Reporter Sarah Mirk wanted to tell the stories of the veterans… July 15, 2014 Erin Polgreen Rewriting J-School When a handful of students show up this fall for the new media innovation graduate program at Northeastern University, they’ll learn coding, information visualization, videography, database management—even game design. The… June 16, 2014 Jon Marcus Master of the Craft Through his scrupulously researched books chronicling the rise to power of President Lyndon Johnson and New York urban planner Robert Moses, Robert A. Caro, NF ’66, set a new standard… February 19, 2014 Anne Hull Previous 1 … 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 … 61 Next
