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1947: A Free and Responsible Press

A Review of Free Press Report

1979: Yes Virginia, There Is an Agnes

[This article originally appeared in the Summer 1979 issue of Nieman Reports.]…Louis M. Lyons, as Nieman Curator, continually struggled against the ban on women from the program. His correspondence with…

1978: Uphill All the Way

[This article originally appeared in the Winter 1978 issue of Nieman Reports.]…Having been introduced to newspaper work on a thriving paper that received its United States and world reports by…

1971: The Xerox and the Pentagon

[This article originally appeared in the September 1971 issue of Nieman Reports.]…To the office secretary, the Xerox machine is the greatest invention since the coffee break. In an instant, carbon…
1959: The Pursuit of Journalism

1959: The Pursuit of Journalism

[This article originally appeared in the January 1959 issue of Nieman Reports.] For literature, said Max Beerbohm, he felt reverence, but for journalism merely a kind regard. A natural remark…

1947: Press Reaction to Hutchins Report

[This article originally appeared in the July 1947 issue of Nieman Reports.] How Is Press To Be Criticized? Walter Lippmann, ColumnMarch 27 — The problem is a specially important form…

Winter 1999 – Spring 2000: Journalism Introduction

What you [see] here is a collection which reflects the substance of the first 53 years of the conversation journalists have engaged in about their rights and responsibilities in the…

1951: How Best Prepare for Newspaper Work?

Nieman Fellows answer the question.

1947: Freedom for What?

Only a Responsible Press Can Stay Free, Hutchins Commission Finds

1954: Handouts to the Country Editor

[This article originally appeared in the July 1954 issue of Nieman Reports.]Fiction writers have used a broad and inaccurate pen in painting the modern country editor as a grey-haired, old…