Nieman Reports
Fall 1997
The Faith of Journalists

“The Pull of Faith” by John Dart
“How Religious Are Journalists?” by Judith M. Buddenbaum
“Revelations” by Roy Peter Clark
“Cheap Thrills” by Signe Wilkinson
“Old Fashioned Jew, Old Fashioned Reporter” by Alan J. Borsuk
“A Cultural Jew Finds Tradition an Aid” by Elinor J. Brecher
“A Seminarian Becomes a Reporter” by Chris Hedges
“Having Fun Doing God’s Work” by Frank Eleazer
“A Reporter Becomes a Seminarian” by James Richardson
“Seeing Beyond Politics” by Gwen Ifill
“Truth Without Darkness and Despair” by Karla Vallance
“A Place for a Reporter to Be Faithful” by Michael White
“Good-bye to God” by Steve Benson
“Faith Amid Violence” by Eli Reed
“Giving Bibles to Public Officials” by Bill Simmons
“Achieving Nirvana in the Newsroom” by Michael Haddigan
“Good Stories Make Hope Possible” by Sara Engram
“Indian Spirituality” by Tim Giago
“Back to Church Through the Newsroom” by Philip L. Gailey
“Trials of a Jehovah’s Witness” by Gene Owens
“The Martin Luther King Jr. Impact” by Eugene Patterson
“Every Journalist Has a Credo” by Lindsay Miller
“Understanding Timothy McVeigh” by Dick J. Reavis
“Changing Values in the Newsroom” by M. David Arant and Philip Meyer
“Staying Alive” by Ronald Heifetz
“Spain’s Shadows From the Past” by Jose A. Martinez-Soler
“Hong Kong Story-a Paradox” by Richard Read
“Mexican Press Still on the Take” by Dianne Solis
“Mongolia’s Media at the Crossroads” by Barry Lowe
Masthead
- PUBLISHER
- Bill Kovach
- EDITOR
- Robert Phelps
- BUSINESS MANAGER
- Susan Goldstein
- ASSISTANT EDITOR
- Lois Fiore
- EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
- Molly Marsh
- TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
- Lewis Clapp
- DESIGN EDITOR
- Deborah Smiley
- COVER IMAGE
- Mary jane Park took the cover photo of Philip L. Gailey with his Auto harp.