Journalist’s Trade

Documenting the Plague of AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

By photographing this disease’s devastation, James Nachtwey appeals ‘to stop the madness, lend a hand, restore humanity.’
March 15, 2003
James Nachtwey

Journalism Is Failing in Its Coverage of Global AIDS

‘The worst global pandemic since the Black Death of the Middle Ages receives less media attention than a World Cup soccer match.’
March 15, 2003
Sabin Russell

War Reporting: How Should Civilian Casualties Be Reported?

A veteran journalist looks at other wars to help journalists understand the value of this reporting and how best to cover them.
March 15, 2003
Bob Zelnick

In the 1980’s, a Chicago Newspaper Investigated Cardinal Cody

‘We’re going to have to do as careful and as in-depth reporting as anyone’s ever done, because this is dynamite.’
March 15, 2003
Roy Larson

Reporting the Catholic Church’s Scandal in Ireland

Hindered by its secrecy culture, Irish journalists were helped by dogged reporting from Britain.
March 15, 2003
Emily O’Reilly

Explaining Why 24,000 People Died Yesterday

The Boston Globe looks worldwide at the result of scant health care.
March 15, 2003
James F. Smith

The Neglected Vatican Beat

‘… most reporters are constrained to do less than full-time work on a beat that demands more than full-time competence.’
March 15, 2003
John L. Allen Jr.

Is the U.S. Government Making Children Fat?

By asking different questions, a journalist connects farm policies to childhood obesity.
March 15, 2003
Barry Yeoman

Secrecy Remained in Place With the Church’s Finances

Journalists were not able to secure the financial documents they needed to back up their reporting from informed sources.
March 15, 2003
Stephen Kurkjian

Spring 2003: Journalist’s Trade Introduction

As New England bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, Elizabeth Mehren reports for West Coast readers on the region’s newsworthy events. In her story opening our series of articles…
March 15, 2003
Melissa Ludtke