Features

Why Has Journalism Abandoned Its Observer’s Role?

‘The mirrorer was viewed as fat to be trimmed, and was.’
June 15, 2001
Jon Franklin

The Absence of Memory Hurts Journalism

Short-term investors stifle investment in long-term and necessary research.
June 15, 2001
Philip Meyer

Refusing to Take the Easier Route

Journalists have an important social contract to uphold.
June 15, 2001
Mark G. Chavunduka

Journalists Need Help With Ethical Decisions

In today’s newsrooms, there are plenty to be made.
June 15, 2001
Carol Marin

Journalists Engage Readers By Learning Who They Are

Newsrooms should know more than marketers do about their audiences.
June 15, 2001
Melanie Sill

A Newspaper Strives to Make Its Coverage Complete

The new approach works but reporters feel constricted by its rigidity.
June 15, 2001
Mike Connor

Is Journalism Losing Its Place in the Boisterous Public Forum?

An editor finds an appetite for serious conversation. Media ought to respond.
June 15, 2001
Christine Chinlund

“Latino Voices: Journalism By and About Latinos” Introduction (Summer 2001)

How is the rapid increase in Hispanic American population affecting communities? What are the economic, social, cultural and educational benefits and hardships brought about by this significant demographic shift? Will…
June 4, 2001
Melissa Ludtke

Winter 2000: Developing a Global Interactive Dialogue Introduction

By using new technological devices to disassemble millions of computerized records, Chicago Tribune project reporter Mike Berens unearthed patterns of fatal nursing errors and transformed statistics into investigative stories. Brant…
December 15, 2000
Melissa Ludtke

Coffee and Copy at Asian Internet Cafés

Keeping the keys to the electronic office out of government hands.
December 15, 2000
Philip J. Cunningham