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What Football Pep Talks Taught Hyperlocal Reporters

‘Inestimable value comes out of making a human connection visible through something as ordinary as a half-time pep talk by a coach to his players.’

Finding Information Pathways to Community Inclusion

‘I yearned for grass-roots assessments of every community’s information ecology and widespread advocacy for stronger, more democratic media.’

The Mexican Press: At the Crossroads of Violence

Last year ‘we declared ourselves war correspondents in our own land.’

Libel Laws Pose Obstacles to Ukraine’s Investigative Journalists

‘If we decide to pursue the story, they [lawyers] guarantee a lawsuit will be filed in London, the libel capital of the world, where the burden of proof is on…

Chinese Journalists Circumvent Government’s Tight Restrictions

‘Given how information from Yihuang was spread in China, this story signaled a landmark moment in contemporary Chinese media with the emergence of microblogs … as a valuable distribution tool…

Where Western Perceptions Clash With Eastern European Realities

‘In the Balkan context, what Westerners call corruption is seen as the customary tool of political organization.’

A Bulgarian Reporter’s Journey Traces a Nation’s Progress

Once beaten and tried in court for his investigative reporting, Stanimir Vaglenov now teaches young journalists and manages uncensored Internet projects for the nation’s leading news group.

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…

Asking Questions in Small-Town America Can Be Dangerous

‘I knew we’d get a backlash for our reporting, which was far more aggressive than most small-town papers are willing to stomach. But the news media’s role as watchdog is…

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…