Journalist’s Trade

A Brazilian journalist describes his frustration with the beat.

‘…the craft is now firmly entrenched as a key beat in American journalism.’

‘This is a magnificent and urgent story just beginning to be told.’

‘… if we don’t do a better job of telling the story, devastation of the environment will be partly our fault.’

‘… I kept my camera’s eye fixed on the haunting faces of children.’

A veteran journalist uses fresh strategies with editors.

By personalizing cases of injustice, a columnist connects readers to its consequences.

Reporting on the environment requires more and better training of those who do it.

‘It was this human contact that gave us the ability to get to the heart of his story.’

Editors often don’t see these stories as ‘traditional news,’ and reporters tread on sensitive ground inside the newsroom.