Features

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

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

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.

Coverage of the riots in France reaffirmed the need for ongoing, in-depth reporting of poor immigrants’ circumstances and the issues they confront.

‘It’s a locus for the kind of civic trust and independence on which the idea of journalism, indeed democracy, is based.’

‘Cartoon ideas presented themselves, but none embraced the gravity of the situation.’