Opinion

A book explores the work of covering Russia through the experiences and words of those reporters who did it.

A journalist travels to the ends of the earth and reports from ‘distant, inaccessible places [that] have a grip on the popular imagination ….’

‘Great reporting in Washington is about cutting through the bureaucratic maze.’

‘I asked the council politely, “What is the role of this board? Will you be looking over and deciding what news goes to print?”

‘… realistic solutions to the problems newspaper editors face nowadays are elusive as best.’

In reflecting on the book, “A Matter of Opinion,” Ray Jenkins explains why its author, Victor S. Navasky, so strongly advocates “cutting-edge reporting, with an acknowledged point of view unrestrained…

Conversations with writers reveal how and why their stories are being told in different ways.

The author of ‘Mediated’ makes us ‘feel as if our very beings are enslaved by the messages as well as the messengers.’

Galbraith ‘performed that balancing trick as well as it has been done.’

In tackling a tough topic—racial relations in a Montana community—a young reporter learned how much good journalism matters.