Nieman Reports
Fall 2002
Science Journalism

Those who report on science have never been better prepared to do so, according to Los Angeles Times science and technology writer Robert Lee Hotz, whose insights open our section on science journalism. But as Hotz also observes, the challenges these reporters confront have never been larger: Newsroom cutbacks mean the reporters “are stretched to cover increasingly complex science stories ….” And their task is made harder by the dearth of impartial sources, forcing them “to look as hard at the scientists as we look at the science itself.” – Melissa Ludtke, Editor
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Journalist’s Trade
Words & Reflections
International Journalism: The Impact of Middle East Pictures and Words
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Fall 2002: Introduction
By Melissa Ludtke
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Photographic Images Can Be Misunderstood
By Courtney Kealy
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Arriving at Judgments in Selecting Photos
By Randy L. Rasmussen
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Portrait of a Death
By Randy L. Rasmussen
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Expanding the Lens on Coverage of the Middle East
By Dick Rogers
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Images Lead to Varying Perceptions
By Debbie Kornmiller
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Deciding on an Emotion-Laden Photograph For Page One
By Michael Larkin
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Covering the Intifada: A Hazardous Beat
By Joel Campagna
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The Daniel Pearl Video
By Dan Kennedy
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The Minefield of Language in Middle East Coverage
By Beverly Wall
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Do Words and Pictures From the Middle East Matter?
By Rami G. Khouri
Curator's Corner
Nieman Notes
Masthead
- Publisher
- Bob Giles
- Editor
- Melissa Ludtke
- Assistant Editor
- Lois Fiore
- Editorial Assistant
- Paul Wirth
- Design Editor
- Deborah Smiley
- Cover Story
- A three-centimeter drop of oil in which iron particles are suspended. Ferrofluid © Felice Frankel, from “Envisioning Science: The Design and Craft of the Science Image” (The MIT Press, 2002).