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A.J. Liebling. Photo courtesy of UPI/Corbis-Bettmann.[This article originally appeared in the March 1963 issue of Nieman Reports.]It is a time-honored custom for the out-of-town speaker to tell you what’s wrong…

[This article originally appeared in the Summer 1998 issue of Nieman Reports.][T]here is far too little public understanding in the United States about the role of the press in the…

A veteran reporter complains that the press is ignoring blue collars and unions speaking for them.

Do they shape or measure opinions?

Political and social realities can be discovered in serious criticism of the medium.

Administration’s manipulation of news embraced diplomacy and politics, as well as the battlefield.

Photo by Keith Greene, News & Observer, courtesy of The News & Observer.[This article originally appeared in the Winter 1996 issue of Nieman Reports.]The best environmental story I ever worked…

Photographers line airport road to photograph one of the funerals of a Westside Middle School shooting victim. Nettleton cemetery is located across the street. Photo by Bill Templeton/The Jonesboro Sun.[This…

Every campaign adds another important item—what will it be this time?

Media critic says that newspaper executives cutting into news coverage are risking the future for short-term gains.