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The Owens Lake Project

Areas on the lakebed that generate dust must be controlled with one of three approved dust-control measures: flooding with shallow sheets of water, establishing native salt-tolerant vegetation, or covering the…
March 15, 2005

When People’s Suffering is Portrayed as Art

Sebastião Salgado’s photographs ‘represent everything that is meaningful, controversial and difficult about “concerned photography.”’
March 15, 2005

Iraq War Documentaries Fill a Press Vacuum

‘… filmmakers have become a source of alternative explanations for the war in Iraq and the news coverage of it, as well as critics of the administration’s policies.’
March 15, 2005

Using Narrative to Tell Stories About Water

‘The imperatives of narrative nonfi ction carried me like a current to the book’s last words.’
March 15, 2005

Strong Narrative Writing Features Character

‘Like all the great narrative journalists, [Mark] Bowden must be a relentless asker of questions, a painstaking gatherer of minute detail.’
March 15, 2005

When Water and Political Power Intersect

A journalist probes the story of water privatization in Jakarta, Indonesia.
March 15, 2005

A Prayer for Quality Journalism as Public Media Corporations Focus on Margin and Financial Return

In crunching the numbers, an author argues that investment is necessary to secure a future for news—in newspapers or on the Internet.
March 15, 2005

Spring 2005: Introduction

Water is the essence of life, and its cleanliness, availability, and our use and abuse of it are stories meriting reporters’ and editors’ attention. Yet as Stuart Leavenworth, who covered…
March 15, 2005

Winter 2004: Words & Reflections Introduction

Can journalism survive in this era of punditry and attitude? If so, how?Nieman Reports posed this question about journalism’s future to 15 journalists who work in radio and television, at…
December 15, 2004

Editorial Page Editors and Cartoonists: A Difficult Alliance

‘A cartoonist’s world is black and white, while an editor’s universe is imbued with shades of gray.’
December 15, 2004