Nieman Reports
Fall 2005
Covering Indian Country
As a young reporter at The Rapid City Journal, Tim Giago was seldom allowed to cover stories on the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation where he was raised. As one editor told him, being Native American meant he could not be objective in his reporting. In 1981 he moved back to the reservation to start a community newspaper called the Lakota Times. At that time it was the only independently owned weekly Indian publication in the United States. In this collection of stories, Native Americans and non-natives who tell stories about the lives of Indian peoples talk about their obligation to fairness and the skills they need to live up to this responsibility.
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Words & Reflections
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Fall 2005: Words & Reflections Introduction
By Melissa Ludtke
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Opinion’s Place in Journalism
By Ray Jenkins
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The Silent Takeover of American Journalism
By Gilbert Cranberg
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Recommendations From the Ad Hoc Committee on the Press
By Gilbert Cranberg
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Going to War With a Camera as Artillery
By David Leeson
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When What War Is About Becomes Invisible
By Steve Northup
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Probing the Successes and Failures of the Washington Press Corps
By James McCartney
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Blending Economic Ideas With the Persuasive Power of Journalism
By John Geddes
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When Media Create the Message
By Howard Shapiro
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Time and Techniques Define A ‘New New Journalism’
By Madeleine Blais