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Experiencing the Meaning of Journalism

Want a newspaper reprint with your barbecue sandwich? How’s that for a message near the capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, at Scotty’s Pink Pig restaurant?I know the grim news about what…
December 15, 2004

Portrait of a Courageous Guatemalan Journalist

‘Though the book features events from the past, it should be read as a story that can offer us much to contemplate about our present.’
December 15, 2004

We Define Journalism By Doing It

There’s a whiff of nostalgia to this question, an implied belief that journalism in the past was noble and pure and that recent trends might ruin it. That bias faces…
December 15, 2004

Subversive Activities

I would rephrase the question to be “Can democracy survive journalism as it has come to be practiced?” After all, accurate, trustworthy information, lots of it, is the bedrock of…
December 15, 2004

Transforming Journalism as Democracy Emerges

‘Ten years into democracy, many journalists are struggling to redefine their relationship to government.’
September 15, 2004

Africa Through the Eyes of African Reporters

If local journalists reported more of the news to Western audiences, their sources and the story’s context would be different.
September 15, 2004

War Crimes Tribunals in Africa and Sleeping Press Watchdogs

‘… there is an obvious need for independent press scrutiny to hold these tribunals accountable.’
September 15, 2004

The Numbers Game in African Reporting

Statistics don’t matter when disease and disaster exact such high human tolls in Africa.
September 15, 2004

Focusing on Human Rights

With survivors telling their stories, U.S. News & World Report describes life inside North Korea’s gulag.
September 15, 2004

China and the Internet: A Reader Responds

“Is Internet censorship worth fighting?,” Jonathan Zittrain asks in his article, “China and Internet Filters,” in the Summer edition of Nieman Reports. While the Berkman Center for Internet and Society…
September 15, 2004