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Well-Chosen Words Can Weave Tangled Webs

An increasingly important job of political journalists is to ‘unmask the tricksters.’

When Bearing Witness Overrides a Reporter’s Fear

‘… courage is not me, a clunky reporter clutching a notebook and treading on people’s lives, trying to get them to open up their souls.’

Journalist Liu Binyan: China’s Conscience

On December 5, 2005, the news that 80-year-old Liu Binyan, a 1989 Nieman Fellow, had passed away saddened Chinese, both in China and abroad. Numerous condolence letters and memorial articles…

Reconnecting With the Audience

‘What they say—not what we think—is what counts.’

Intelligent Design Has Not Surfaced in the British Press

At a journalism seminar, a BBC producer was ‘struck by the concern about intelligent design amongst our transatlantic colleagues.’

Online Timeline

1962United StatesU.S. Air Force contracts with Rand Corp. to study computer networking for defense purposes.1963United StatesTed Nelson, an author and futurist, coins the word “hypertext.”RELATED ARTICLES“The News Media’s 30-Year Hibernation”“Creating…

Journalism and the Public Interest

‘… an old-time journalist finds it a matter of sorrow that the press, at the height of its influence, is at a depth of its public approval.’

Freedom and Liberty: Tough Stories to Tell

‘When freedom and orthodoxy collide, it’s interesting to note how the press behaves.’

Technology Might Return Journalism to Its Roots

Two books set forth causes for concern about U.S. news media, and one of the authors speaks to the Internet’s possibilities for rejuvenating journalism’s promise.

Arriving at the Digital News Age

‘It is in this fusion of old and new that the future of journalism most probably lies.’