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Winter 1999 – Spring 2000: Journalism Introduction

What you [see] here is a collection which reflects the substance of the first 53 years of the conversation journalists have engaged in about their rights and responsibilities in the…

1990: The Impact of Public Opinion Polls

Do they shape or measure opinions?

1991: Operation Washington Shield

Administration’s manipulation of news embraced diplomacy and politics, as well as the battlefield.

1996: Needed: Long-Haul Commitment

Photo by Keith Greene, News & Observer, courtesy of The News & Observer.[This article originally appeared in the Winter 1996 issue of Nieman Reports.]The best environmental story I ever worked…

1986: Standards and Principles

The market for mediocrity has diminished the incentive for excellence.

1983: Press Performance: Enough Is Too Little

Encouraging words on a new and healthyphenomenon—the press is taking a hard look inward and examining itself.

The Roots of Our Responsibility

The American press was halfway through the century just ended before journalists began to talk seriously about press responsibility.A letter Henry Luce wrote to Robert Hutchins, President of the University…

1997: One David, Two Goliaths

The Struggle for Independent Media in Burundi

1997: What Happens When the Cameras Leave?

Rwandan refugees set up camps outside Goma. UN [United Nations] photo/John Isaac. [This article originally appeared in the Summer 1997 issue of Nieman Reports.]I gleaned a lot of utterly bizarre…

1983: Freedom of the Press

Is the Western press listening to its colleagues in Third World countries?