Opinion

Collective Power—Photographs From the War in Iraq

In two books by photojournalists, words and images explore various dimensions of the experience of being a witness to war.

‘Photo Vero’—A Modest Proposal

A photographer, worried about digital manipulation of images, suggests a way to protect the veracity of what the camera captures.

Network News’s Perfect Storm

‘Productivity, a central and venerable tenet of corporate culture, began to occupy the world of news in a way it previously had not.’

Type Creates a Visual Signature for Newspapers

‘In a marketplace where content and quality once drove consumer decisions, the newspaper now competes visually in a design-savvy, 24-hour free-information age.’

The Lure of China

‘… we need to find a way to be both passionate about a subject and dispassionate about its effects and influences on our own country.’

Foreign Correspondence: Old Practices Inform New Realities

‘Evelyn Waugh’s book can’t be read without thinking of today’s wars and how reporters cover them.’

The Civil Rights Struggle and the Press

A book revisits the time when only a few brave voices in the Southern press stood up against the many ‘that supported and often led massive resistance to change.’

Two Years Later, Justice Denied

In reporting a story about public officials' misuse of government funds, police injure an investigative journalist in a ‘particularly violent encounter.’

Summer 2007: Words & Reflections Introduction

On an April morning in 2005, WJLA-TV investigative reporter Andrea McCarren set out with a photographer to do some preliminary reporting about the activities of a Prince George’s (Md.) County…

Newspapers, Schools and Newsroom Diversity

Newspapers are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain journalists of color. Right now, their annual turnover exceeds 10 percent, which is significantly higher than for their white counterparts.…