Nieman Reports
Summer 2009
Iran: Can Its Stories Be Told?

Journalists — Iranians and Westerners — share their firsthand experiences as they write about the challenges they confront in gathering and distributing news and information about Iran and its people. Their words and images offer a rare blend of insights about journalists’ lives and work in Iran. In the fifth part of our 21st Century Muckrakers series about investigative and watchdog reporting, the focus turns to coverage of issues involving public health, safety and trust. And in Words & Reflections, essays touch on objectivity, religion, blogging, Ireland and post 9/11 America.
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Treatment of Journalists
Women Reporters, Women's Stories
Views from the West
Web and Iran: Digital Dialogue
21st Century Muckrakers
Nieman Notes
Curato'rs Corner
Words & Reflections
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Objectivity: It’s Time to Say Goodbye
By John H. McManus
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Worshipping the Values of Journalism
By John Schmalzbauer
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When Belief Overrides the Ethics of Journalism
By Sandi Dolbee
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Religion and the Press: Always Complicated, Now Chaotic
By Mark Silk
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Journalists Use Novels to Reveal What Reporting Doesn’t Say
By Matt Beynon Rees
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Life Being Lived in Quintessential Irish Moments
By Rosita Boland
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An Enduring Story—With Lessons for Journalists Today
By Graciela Mochkofsky
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They Blog, I Blog, We All Blog
By Danny Schechter
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Fortunate Son: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson
By Adam Reilly
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The American Homeland: Visualizing Our Sense of Security
By Nina Berman