Nieman Reports
Spring 2003
Reporting on Health

Few topics receive more media attention today than the topic of health. Yet, in the view of some journalists, many of the stories being told about health are not ones journalists want to tell or that members of the public need to hear. As Andrew Holtz, a freelance health reporter and president of the Association for Health Care Journalists, observes, “… stories I think need to be told, are often not the ones that easily sell. My personal frustration is not the issue, but we should be concerned when journalists are inhibited from the work of sustaining an informed and involved citizenry.” – Melissa Ludtke, Editor
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Journalist’s Trade: Investigating Scandal in the Catholic Church
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Spring 2003: Journalist’s Trade Introduction
By Melissa Ludtke
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Reporting Stories With Children as Victims of Priests
By Elizabeth Mehren
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Shining the Globe’s Spotlight on the Catholic Church
By Walter V. Robinson
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Secrecy Remained in Place With the Church’s Finances
By Stephen Kurkjian
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The Neglected Vatican Beat
By John L. Allen Jr.
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Reporting the Catholic Church’s Scandal in Ireland
By Emily O’Reilly
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In the 1980’s, a Chicago Newspaper Investigated Cardinal Cody
By Roy Larson
Words & Reflections: Journalists Testifying at War Crimes Tribunals
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Spring 2003: Words & Reflections Introduction
By Melissa Ludtke
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Testing Different Expectations of Journalism
By Nina Bernstein
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Consequences Occur When Reporters Testify
By Roy Gutman
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Roy Gutman’s Witness Statement
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Elizabeth Neuffer’s Affidavit
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Deciding to Testify About Rwanda
By Lindsey Hilsum
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Objectivity Without Neutrality
By Kemal Kurspahic
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The Roles Journalists Played During the Balkan War
By Senad Pecanin
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A Reporter Decides to Testify, Then Decides Against It
By Bill Berkeley
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Balancing Journalism and Justice
By Russell Mills
Coverage of War
International Journalism
Curator’s Corner
Nieman Notes
Masthead
- Publisher
- Bob Giles
- Editor
- Melissa Ludtke
- Assistant Editor
- Lois Fiore
- Editorial Assistant
- Elizabeth Son
- Design Editor
- Deborah Smiley
- Cover Story
- A man with AIDS in the tuberculosis ward of Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe. Ninety percent of the TB patients in the ward have AIDS. Photo by © James Nachtwey, October 2000.