Features

Digital Dividends for Journalism in Africa

While obstacles abound, the potential Internet payoff could be huge.

It’s the Old West in the New East

In India, dot-coms create a gold rush for journalists but so far not much gold.

Le Monde Moves a Big Story to Its Web Site

A national uproar leads to criticism and concerns.

Journalists’ Use of the Internet Bubbled Up From Underground

It helped to topple a corrupt president, but now poverty prevents its spread.

1996: A Grueling Standard to Live By

[This article originally appeared in the Fall 1996 issue of Nieman Reports.]Violent crime rates have been falling, yet sensational crime coverage on television news has been rising. So have the…

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…