Journalist’s Trade

The Immersion Experience In Historical Narrative

In terms of the narrative style, as a reporter and as a writer, your job is to immerse yourself in this world and then immerse your reader in it through…
March 15, 2002
Jill Lepore

The Principles of War Coverage

In 1992, journalists and the Pentagon agreed on nine principles to govern coverage.
December 15, 2001

Training Journalists to Report Safely in Hostile Environments

‘…fire services personnel don’t go fighting fires without proper training….’
December 15, 2001
John Owen

Language Matters as We Try to Describe What Happened

‘By accepting language’s failure, we surrender our understanding and the complex meaning of events to silence….’
December 15, 2001
Beverly Wall

Using Graphics to Tell Stories

‘[O]nline graphics add other dimensions to the stories we report….’
December 15, 2001
Joanne Miller

Recommended Sites

www.spaceimaging.comSpace Imaging’s Ikonos one-meter resolution satellite is the premier source for civilian highresolution imagery, but at this writing its data collected over Afghanistan and environs has been effectively blockaded by…
December 15, 2001
Christopher Simpson

Fall 2001: Journalist’s Trade Introduction

Cutbacks. Lay-offs. Buyouts. Early retirement packages. Offered under different names and circumstances, the bottom-line objectives are similar: trim the staff to keep the enterprise afloat. Few journalistic homes have been…
September 15, 2001
Melissa Ludtke

Prescient Words Delivered a Decade Ago

On December 10, 1990, Geneva Overholser spoke to a gathering of Gannett executives. At this dinner, she was presented with an award as Gannett’s Editor of the Year. At the…
September 15, 2001
Geneva Overholser

News is Strategic in the Newspaper Business

Newsroom cost cutting should not imperil its special strengths.
September 15, 2001
Joseph Bower

Making Change Work Away From Public Pressures

At Cox newspapers, economic hard times bring fresh approaches to news coverage.
September 15, 2001
Jay Smith