Nieman Reports
Summer 2005
Eroding Freedoms: Secrecy, Truth and Sources

Among the casualties of the invasion and occupation of Iraq have been truth and trust, according to Sig Christenson, military affairs writer for the San Antonio Express-News. After working as both an embedded and independent reporter in Iraq, he writes about the “propaganda war within Gulf War II,” explaining that “Its roots are in Ground Zero, and I have been a willing participant. So, too, were many other reporters.”
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Words & Reflections: Books
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Summer 2005: Words & Reflections Introduction
By Melissa Ludtke
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Seeing What Others Failed to Notice
By Edward A. Gargan
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Getting an Up-Close View of the Military in Iraq
By Alissa J. Rubin
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Passionate Criticism of Iraq War Coverage By the American Press
By Tom Wicker
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A Remembrance of Foreign Reporting
By John Maxwell Hamilton
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The Global Poverty Beat
By Chris Waddle
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An American Correspondent Brings Africa Out of the Shadows
By Wilson Wanene