When The (Bergen) Record in northern New Jersey began tracking Covid-19 deaths and writing profiles about the deceased in March 2020, the task seemed manageable. Jim O’Neill, a longtime editor at The Record, handled the project. He combed through … Read more
As a photography editor at The Washington Post, evaluating whether to publish images of death and destruction can be part of my daily responsibilities. I am currently managing our photo coverage of the unprovoked war in Ukraine, overseeing at least … Read more
When I asked Brent Renaud where he wanted his picture taken, he chose a stairwell lined with Nieman Fellows’ photographs at Harvard’s Lippmann House. He was giving a big talk that night during his own fellowship year, and I was … Read more
In the summer of 2017, Susan Potter of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote the kind of column that no editor wants to pen. “Our poll of the 6th Congressional District race, conducted two weeks before the June 20 runoff, missed the … Read more
When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, the journalists of the English-language Kyiv Independent set up a live blog with constant updates for Ukrainians and readers around the globe. Their earliest dispatches described skirmishes … Read more
As air raids commenced and armored convoys began to roll across Ukraine last week, I reached out to an NPR colleague huddled in an Odessa bomb shelter. I pathetically wrote to him, “Stay safe.” He replied, “I hope this is … Read more
It’s a story we’ve heard over and over again: A newsroom makes a commitment to diversity and takes steps to bring in candidates from different backgrounds when it has open positions. But even when it successfully hires people from underrepresented … Read more
In the five months since the Taliban seized control of Kabul, the situation in Afghanistan remains precarious. Billions of dollars in international aid, including from the U.S., have been suspended amid Taliban rule, placing the donation-dependent country on the brink … Read more
In her six years as a reporter at The Courier in Waterloo, Iowa, Amie Rivers has mainly covered politics and local news. In the weeks before the pandemic hit in March 2020, she wrote stories about a real estate … Read more