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Creating a Navigational Guide to New Media

Two veteran journalists illuminate the convergent paths ahead—for those who consume news and those who report it.

When Local Eyes Were Watching Their Lawmakers

‘As beat writers know, it’s in doing these routine stories that they sniff out situations worthy of deeper digging.’

Investigative Reporting About Secrecy

‘… it would be a terrific investment of reportorial resources, not to mention a valuable public service, to dedicate an entire beat to secrecy.’

Brutal Censorship: Targeting Russian Journalists

Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva visits the grave of her slain Chechen colleague Natalia Estemirova in August 2009. Photo by Musa Sadulayev/The Associated Press.AUTHOR’S NOTEThis story was done in…

The Attention Deficit: Plenty of Content, Yet an Absence of Interest

RELATED ARTICLES“Going Online With Watchdog Journalism”– Paul E. SteigerEditor in chief, ProPublica(From Spring 2008)“Defining an Online Mission: Local Investigative Reporting”– Andrew Donohue, editor– Scott Lewis, CEOVoice of…
An Odd Couple: Journalists and Academics

An Odd Couple: Journalists and Academics

Partnering with Harvard’s Carr Center gave a freelance journalist the chance to continue her reporting about drug wars in Juárez, Mexico.

Journalists Who Dared to Report—Before They Fled or Were Murdered

Fatima Tlisova is an independent journalist living in exile after enduring years of intimidation and threats, harassment and arrest by government officials in the North Caucasus region of Russia. Earlier…

When Journalists Depart, Who Tells the Story?

Press releases and broadcast-ready video substitute for European Union coverage, as news organizations cut back on staff reporters in Brussels.

Correspondents: They Come in Different Shapes and Sizes

A BBC correspondent describes the benefits of three approaches to foreign news coverage—with caveats accompanying each one.
Into Africa—With a Newspaper in Iowa

Into Africa—With a Newspaper in Iowa

With International Reporting Project support, ‘my story reminded Iowans that it’s not just the large coastal papers that bring them news from abroad.’