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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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

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…

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

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

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

The Mainstream Press Perpetuates Images but Fails to Report on Real Experiences

The Story Is About More Than Moving From Welfare to Work