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The Iraq Experience Poses Critical Questions For Journalists

‘How do we protect against violence while protecting our image as noncombatants? How do we guard against danger without sealing ourselves off?’
June 15, 2004
Anthony Shadid

Revealing a Reporter’s Relationship With Secrecy and Sources

Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman explains how he handles classified information in reporting on war and weapons.
June 15, 2004
Barton Gellman

Telling Stories the Military Doesn’t Want Told

If war is hell, then the aftermath for too many of those who fought the war in Iraq is worthy of another biblical metaphor—purgatory.Last fall, UPI’s Mark Benjamin got a…
June 15, 2004
Dan Olmsted

Equipping Journalists With Tools for Emotional Balance

A former reporter uses Eastern concepts to prepare future journalists to cope with the stresses of their jobs.
June 15, 2004
William J. Drummond

‘Welcome to Hell’

A photojournalist records his thoughts during the battle for Grozny.
June 15, 2004
Stanley Greene

Digital Photography and News Images

Another issue to emerge from the Iraq War coverage, as noted in recent Congressional testimony by no less than Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, is the omnipresence of digital photography.…
June 15, 2004
David D. Perlmutter

Images of Horror From Fallujah

‘The transparency of angst and indecision about the Fallujah images have been good for journalism.’
June 15, 2004
David D. Perlmutter

‘Avoiding the Cross Hairs’: Excerpts

Newsweek, April 12, 2004“They live in hiding. They move around Baghdad by stealth. They sneak into and out of the country by gloom of night, and when challenged by strangers…
June 15, 2004
Rod Nordland

The Risks of Independent Reporting in Chechnya

By not adhering to government regulations, ‘these newspapers are vulnerable to attack from all sides.’
June 15, 2004
Timur Aliev

Developing Word Pictures to Inform a Complex Story

‘Eighty percent of foreign reporting is about getting there.’
June 15, 2004
Jeffrey Fleishman