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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…
March 15, 2006

Training Frontline Editors: Once Overlooked, Now Happening

‘Despite their importance and the tough transition when they switch from reporter or copyeditor, frontline editors often are sent to the end of the line for training.’
March 15, 2006

Teaching Journalism for an Unknown Future

Journalism professors work to align essential skills with emerging technology.
March 15, 2006

Spring 2006: Words & Reflections Introduction

“The first accurate description we heard of the storm’s wrath was told to a Sun Herald reporter in four words: ‘Your city is gone,'” writes Stan Tiner, executive editor of…
March 15, 2006

Remembering Those Who Are Usually Forgotten

The unfortunate reality is that American journalists do not systematically or analytically cover the plight of the poor, the marginalized, the isolated, or the powerless. When we put together elaborate…
March 15, 2006

The Connective Threads of the News Media and Government

A journalist sets forth a reform proposal to alter the incentives and break apart the ‘mediaocracy.’
March 15, 2006

Community News Drives a Newspaper’s Vigorous Growth

‘We joke about how almost every day maintenance people seem to be assembling another desk.’
March 15, 2006

Exploring Connections and Tensions

The small local newspaper in Greeley, Colorado devoted considerable time and space to examining the gaps emerging in its community.
March 15, 2006

Reporting on Gaps in a Country Devoted to Harmony

In China, social and economic gaps are acknowledged, but the news media rarely probe their causes or their consequences.
March 15, 2006

Questioning Assumptions About Poverty

A North Carolina public radio station devotes extraordinary time and resources to an exploration of what it means to be poor in this time and place.
March 15, 2006