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Documentary Journalism Vanishes From Network and Local Television

Withdrawal of advertising and emergence of news magazines were among the factors that killed it.

Revealing Afghanistan

Chris Steele-Perkins captures a people’s grace and culture.

Fall 2001: Introduction

At a time when so much of journalism is quicker, shorter and hyped to grab the public’s presumed short-attention span, the documentary—with its slower pace and meandering moments—is finding receptive…

Using Documentaries to Move People to Action

Films serve as powerful catalysts for the Television Race Initiative.

News is Strategic in the Newspaper Business

Newsroom cost cutting should not imperil its special strengths.

Radio Diarists Document Their Lives

These ‘reporters’ capture moments journalists never could.

Radio Documentaries Take Listeners Into Dark Corners

David Isay is the founder of Sound Portraits Productions. Its radio documentaries profile the lives of men, women and children living in communities often neglected or misunderstood. During the past…

A Tape Recorder Becomes a Connecting Thread

Joshua Cutler. Photo by Kate Burton.I went to a small high school where everyone had some vague notion that I had a disease called Tourette’s syndrome. But very few students…

A Photographer’s Journey Begins With a Coffin

By documenting youngsters’ lives, he hopes to understand what is happening.

A Place for Words and Images to Call Home

At DoubleTake, photographers and writers document the human experience.