Features

A reporter looks for ways to merge coverage of the middle class and the poor.

‘I got the feeling that once welfare had been “reformed,” the news story was simply over.’

The unfortunate reality is that American journalists do not systematically or analytically cover the plight of the poor, the marginalized, the isolated, or the powerless. When we put together elaborate…

In China, social and economic gaps are acknowledged, but the news media rarely probe their causes or their consequences.

The small local newspaper in Greeley, Colorado devoted considerable time and space to examining the gaps emerging in its community.

A North Carolina public radio station devotes extraordinary time and resources to an exploration of what it means to be poor in this time and place.

Business reporters need to keep a careful watch on the numerous ways in which corporate executives are thriving, while promises to workers are being broken.

When I started out, my film was going to be about other people’s economic woes. Soon I realized I was part of this story of how the credit industry targets…

‘Gaps intersected and converged like earthquake fault lines; what affected one rippled through the others.’

With reports about tough economic times in hand, a journalist relies on families’ experiences to illuminate the significance of the findings.