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Remembering James H. McCartney

Rick Smith, a longtime friend of James H. McCartney, NF ’64, delivered this eulogy at a memorial service in early June at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.When I…

Summer 2011: Class Notes

1964James H. McCartney, a longtime Washington correspondent and columnist who specialized in foreign affairs and defense policy, died at his home in Florida on May 6th from cancer. He was…

The Challenge: Investigating ‘Russian’ Mafias in a Time of Twitter

Can Western and Eastern European journalists join together to overcome the difficulties the press have in covering these powerful criminal forces?

Spring 2011: Class Notes

Max Hall, 1910-2011; Longtime Editor at Harvard and AuthorRELATED LINKRead his obituary in The Boston Globe.Max Hall, NF ’50, died January 12th in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was 100 years old.A…

Frank Deford: Sports Writing in the Internet Age

Nearly a century later Twitter is the telegraph in the press box. Reporters watch the New York Giants play the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1913 World Series. Image from the…

A Journalist’s Near-Death Experience in Chechnya

‘... I said to myself, “This is the place where I’m going to die. This is the last thing I’m going to see in my life.” ’

Bonds of Friendship on an Emotional Journey

RELATED ARTICLE“Noticing Quiet Amid the Battles of War”– Chris Vognar When journalists go into war zones, some of them are there to report the news of battles fought, of ground…

Noticing Quiet Amid the Battles of War

RELATED ARTICLE“Bonds of Friendship on an Emotional Journey“– Joseph Kearns Goodwin When journalists go into war zones, some of them are there to report the news of battles fought, of…

Fall 2010: Introduction

Foreign bureaus staffed by correspondents from a newspaper or broadcast network are now largely relics of a bygone era. As this 20th century model of reporting fades, fresh approaches to…

This Is How I Go

‘Every time I leave for war, there are rituals and routines—and one unyielding truth.’