Features

1986: Standards and Principles

The market for mediocrity has diminished the incentive for excellence.

1983: Press Performance: Enough Is Too Little

Encouraging words on a new and healthyphenomenon—the press is taking a hard look inward and examining itself.

1989: Has Money Corrupted Washington Journalism?

Money, money, money makes the world go ’round—but what does it do to journalists?

1986: The Us-First Syndrome

[This article originally appeared in the Summer 1986 issue of Nieman Reports.]For whom do reporters write? For the readers?Well, yes and no.After two years inside a daily newspaper, I have…

1999: Using Education Data to Build a Story’s Foundation

Parents assist children in a fourth grade math class. Photo by Bill Batson, The Omaha World-Herald.[This article originally appeared in the Spring 1999 issue of Nieman Reports.]For at least a…

1950: The Captive Press

How a Senator Can Monopolize the Loudspeaker

1966: Custodians of the City

[This article originally appeared in the March 1966 issue of Nieman Reports.]I was in Greenville when the age of electronic journalism first came creeping in, and I have always thought…

1979: Covering the Women’s Movement

The head of the Venezuelan delegation to the 1975 International Women’s Year Conference in Mexico City receives a message from a colleague. Photo courtesy of The Associated Press. [This article…

1964: Calvin Coolidge and the Press

President Calvin Coolidge in cowboy outfit with press photographers. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.  [This article originally appeared in the September 1964 issue of Nieman Reports.]The press conference…

1959: Birthday Address To the National Press Club

[This article originally appeared in the October 1959 issue of Nieman Reports.]I do not think that I need to tell you that standing on this famous platform I feel awkward…