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Press Lessons From the 1918 Pandemic Flu

In his book, “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History,” John M. Barry explains in great detail what happened to people and public institutions, including the…

The Book as an Investigative Vehicle for News

A journalist explores why news organizations too often fail ‘to treat the investigative discoveries of the book authors as headline grabbers.’

Feeding the Web While Reporting the Story

At The New York Times, multimedia storytelling is becoming more a part of the journalism and less of an afterthought.

Finding New People to Tell the Stories

‘… progress in democratizing journalism doesn't necessarily translate into more or better news coverage—at least not yet.’

Confronting the Dual Challenge of Print and Electronic News

‘To make best use of both editions, we need to be increasingly disciplined about what goes where.’

Narrative Journalism in the Era of the Web

‘Once the idea of using footnotes took hold, the question became whether we could use them for more than their usual purpose of attribution …’

Taking the Big Gulp

‘The Web is its own medium with its own characteristics. It is not newspapers. It is not TV news. It is not radio.’

Journalism and Web 2.0

‘Tomorrow’s potential readers are using the Web in ways we can hardly imagine, and if we want to remain significant for them, we need to understand how.’

Why Anonymity Exists and Works on Newspapers’ Web Sites

‘If we require real names in print, shouldn’t we do the same thing online?’

Meshing Purpose With Product

Heeding the warning against forcing ‘existing quality standards into new technology,’ a journalist is cautiously optimistic about the digital future.