Features

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

[This article originally appeared in the September 1964 issue of Nieman Reports.] The press conference as an organized biweekly meeting was instituted by Woodrow Wilson, fell into disrepair under Harding,…

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…

1960: Asking Rude Questions

[This article originally appeared in the September 1960 issue of Nieman Reports.]…I remember going over to the President’s house.… And he said, “You know it’s only three years—you’re the third…

1961: Are We the Best Informed Nation?

[This article originally appeared in the July 1961 issue of Nieman Reports.]“Communications specialists” and working newspapermen sometimes glibly assert without a shred of proof that the American people are the…

Winter 1999 – Spring 2000: Race Introduction

From early in the magazine’s history, America’s dilemma—race relations and, in this case, how journalists report stories involving race—has been dissected and debated. Regarded initially in Nieman Reports from the…

The ‘Welfare Queen’ Experiment

How Viewers React to Images of African-American Mothers on Welfare

Summer 1999: Introduction

Reforming Welfare, Reporting on Poverty: The Challenges of Reporting This Story in Various Communities and Other Countries

The Evolving Coverage of Welfare Reform

Themes of Dependency Give Way to Complexities of Life Among the Working Poor