ISSUE

Summer 1999

War Crimes, Human Rights and Press Freedom: The Journalist's Job

Ethnic conflict in the Balkans provides examples of crimes of war and abuses of human rights that journalists are being increasingly called upon to cover. Our focus then turns to examining the plight of journalists and media institutions covering the war in Yugoslavia. Journalists then address the topic of press freedom and media responsibility.

Articles

International Journalism

Dealing With the Trauma of Covering War

Journalists Talk About Ways They Cope With What They See

Features

The ‘Welfare Queen’ Experiment

How Viewers React to Images of African-American Mothers on Welfare

Franklin D. Gilliam Jr.

International Journalism

Watching the Watchdogs

In Kenya, a Monthly Media Review Keeps a Watchful Eye on Journalists and Others

Features

Summer 1999: Introduction

Reforming Welfare, Reporting on Poverty: The Challenges of Reporting This Story in Various Communities and Other Countries

International Journalism

Summer 1999: The Journalist’s Job Introduction

Ethnic conflict in the Balkans provides examples of crimes of war and abuses of human rights that journalists are being increasingly called upon to cover. Our focus then turns to…

Opinion

Summer 1999: Words & Reflections Introduction

In this issue, reviews of books will mingle with reflections from authors, journalists and other observers about ways in which members of the media report on events of our time.There…

Features

The Evolving Coverage of Welfare Reform

Themes of Dependency Give Way to Complexities of Life Among the Working Poor

Lynda McDonnell

Nieman Notes

Using the Camera to Peer Inside

When I went to Cuba in January 1998 to photograph Pope John Paul II’s historic visit, I was seeing a familiar subject—I’d been there with my camera for his visits…

Beatriz Terrazas

Nieman Notes

Finding Stories of Common Concerns

Connecting foreign reporting to domestic audiences

Opinion

Max Frankel’s Life and Times

From his refugee roots, Frankel rises to the top and now reports on his journey.

International Journalism

A Serbian Journalist Ponders What Has Been Lost

‘What,’ he asks, ‘does courage mean in the face of repression?’

Opinion

‘The Republic of Entertainment’

Is news reporting moving into this territory?

International Journalism

The Journalist as a Witness to War Crimes

A New Book Helps Reporters Define What They See

International Journalism

Confronting the Abuses of Human Rights

In the Post-Cold War Era, Ethnic Conflicts Result in War Crimes

International Journalism

9 Mass Graves: An Excerpt From ‘Crimes of War’

In “Crimes of War,” journalists describe their reporting experiences with events that involve war crimes and offer suggestions about how reporters can create linkages in their coverage between information they…

Elizabeth Neuffer

International Journalism

Penetrating Milosevic’s Wall of Silence

Voice of America Finds Creative Ways to Reach Balkan Audiences

Features

Asian-Americans and Welfare Reform

The Mainstream Press Perpetuates Images but Fails to Report on Real Experiences

International Journalism

The Journalist as Moral Arbiter

A Consideration of How Reporters Use the Word ‘Evil’

Michael J. Kirkhorn

Opinion

The Strange Questions Journalists Ask

Is it possible they heard the same speech?

Opinion

Why I Asked Jesse Jackson About the Media

Rev. Jesse Jackson at Union College.RELATED ARTICLE“The Strange Questions Journalists Ask”– Richard L. FoxI am a political animal, so the presence of Jesse Jackson on my campus held out the…

Adam-Paul Smolak

International Journalism

In Yugoslavia, the Consequences of Not Reporting the Truth

Journalists’ Failure to Report Honestly Empowers Tyrants

Features

Welfare Reform and Latinos = Immigration and Cultural Politics

The Story Is About More Than Moving From Welfare to Work

Opinion

Blurring the Lines Hurts Journalism

My message has to do with journalism. It has to do with why, according to the polls, we are now down there with the lawyers, the Congress and the child…

Opinion

‘The Monica Thing’

How would Scotty Reston and his generation of Washington reporters have handled the story? His biographer looks for answers.

Features

Constructing the Welfare Story Brick By Brick

Write Up; Write Down; Write Fast; Write Slow

Opinion

Searching for Facts in a Sea of Speculation

Two journalists sift through the evidence of scandal coverage.

Richard Harwood

International Journalism

Immigrants Ignite a Media Maelstrom in Greece

By Linking Foreigners With Crime, Broadcast Media Tried to Grow Their Ratings. But at What Cost?

Dimitri Mitropoulos

Features

European Reporters’ Views of America’s Welfare Reform

Media Coverage Shifts From Looking Abroad to Looking Next Door

International Journalism

Chilean Media Work in the Long Shadow of Pinochet

Media Ownership and Government Dictate the Ways This Former Dictator Is Covered

International Journalism

Reflections of Balkan Journalists

When the Personal Becomes Part of One’s Profession

International Journalism

Images and Words From the Balkan Conflict

An elderly ethnic Albanian woman from Kosovo comforts a small girl in a school in Bob, a village some 50 kms. south of Pristina, as another weeps, Tuesday, March 2,…

International Journalism

A Ugandan Journalist Is Taken to Court By his Government

Mounting a Defense to a Charge of ‘Publication of False News’

Charles Onyango-Obbo

International Journalism

An Albanian Newspaper Is Reborn

Kosovo Refugee Journalists Refuse to Let Their Reporting Be Silenced

Features

Portraying Poverty in the Face of Newsroom Pressures

Demand More Time. Agitate for More Space. And Revisit the Subject Often.

Features

Why Identify Welfare Recipients or Quote Incorrect Grammar?

At The Mountain Eagle newspaper we do not use photographs of welfare recipients as welfare recipients. It’s hard enough to have to be one without having to face the prospect…

Features

In the Midst of Poverty, People’s Stories are Hard to Tell

Small Staffs, Lack of Resources, and Families’ Fear of Reprisals Add to Difficulties in Coverage

International Journalism

An Albanian Newspaper Is Reborn

Kosovo Refugee Journalists Refuse to Let Their Reporting Be Silenced