Journalist’s Trade

Going Home to Rediscover Appalachia

A reporter tells the story of poverty by looking through a different lens.
March 15, 2001
Diana Nelson Jones

Carefully Choosing the Images of Poverty

A photographer considers what message images will convey.
March 15, 2001
Steve Mellon

Letting the Voices of Young Women Be Heard

At Teen Voices, real-life experiences are the stuff of which stories are made.
March 15, 2001
Celina De León

Sources: Have Journalists Ceded Control?

For the public to be well served, transparency is crucial.
March 15, 2001
Bill Kovach

Extraordinary Stories Emerge out of Daily Lives

At Youth Outlook, diverse voices portray youthful experiences.
March 15, 2001
Katherine Cowy Kim

Reporting Compelling Stories About Ordinary Teens

‘Pretend you’re an archeologist or an alien recording their world.’
March 15, 2001
Barbara Walsh

Reporting About Poverty and Race Needs to Change

Yet journalists too often convey only a one-dimensional sense of déjà vu.
March 15, 2001
Nick Kotz

‘The Price of Prosperity’

Journalists unearth stories beneath the veneer of wealth.
March 15, 2001
Roland De Wolk

Covering Race, Poverty and Class in the New Gilded Age

“So, what are you working on?” a friend asked me recently as we waited in line to see a movie. I told him about a story I was writing about…
March 15, 2001
Jonathan Kaufman

Neither Publishers nor Readers Clamor for Stories About the Poor

Even so, the hard work of reporting about poverty has lasting value.
March 15, 2001
Lynda McDonnell