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The Numbers Game in African Reporting

Statistics don’t matter when disease and disaster exact such high human tolls in Africa.

Managing Media in Times of Crisis

Gwen Lister, editor of The Namibian, an independent daily newspaper in Namibia, spoke to delegates at the UNESCO conference on “Freedom of Expression and Conflict Management in Crisis Situations and…

Proposing a Variation on Embedded Reporting

Switching from the battlefield to inside a military hospital, we would ‘explore the physical and psychological aftermath of war.’

Fall 2004: Words & Reflections Introduction

War and TerrorThe dangers and challenges to journalists who report on the war in Iraq have been amply demonstrated in threats to their safety, difficulties of establishing and maintaining trust…

York Daily Record/Sunday News Stories Based on FOIA Requests

In February 2002, The York Daily Record/Sunday News wrote about a convicted killer sitting on death row for 20 years, longer than anyone else in the United States. In its…

The Psychological Hazards of War Journalism

A psychiatrist examines how journalists respond to what they witness and report.

Digging Beneath Quotes to Tell the Story

A reporter decides to ‘cover what government does instead of what politicians say.’

Portraits of the Wounded

A photojournalist conveys the lives and feelings of those injured in the Iraq War.

Telling Stories the Military Doesn’t Want Told

If war is hell, then the aftermath for too many of those who fought the war in Iraq is worthy of another biblical metaphor—purgatory. Last fall, UPI’s Mark Benjamin got…

China and Internet Filters

When the reporting of major news organizations is blocked, why not do something about it?