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Winter 1999 – Spring 2000: International News Introduction

It was not until 1952, 14 years after the Nieman Foundation was founded, that the first international Fellows arrived in Cambridge. They were from New Zealand, Australia and Canada. Since…
December 15, 1999

1968: A Newspaper’s Role Between the Riots

[This article originally appeared in the June 1968 issue of Nieman Reports.]When the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders blamed white racism for the destructive environment of the ghettos, most…
December 15, 1999

1956: A Negro Reporter at the Till Trial

[This article originally appeared in the January 1956 issue of Nieman Reports.] Millions of words were written about the recent Till murder trial, but the most dramatic and, by far,…
December 15, 1999

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…
December 15, 1999

Panel Members

Byron V. Acohido: Investigative reporter, The Seattle Times. Since 1998, a specialist in covering the aerospace industry and aviation safety. His five-part series detailing problems with the 737’s rudder system…
September 15, 1999

Introduction: Reporting on Government, National Security, Nonprofits and Business

‘Watchdog journalism is the only function of journalism that justifies the freedom that journalists enjoy in this country.’ —Bill Kovach, Curator, Nieman Foundation
September 15, 1999

Reporters Wrestle With How to Use Sources

Name them? Socialize with them? Trust them?
September 15, 1999

Naming Sources

Increasingly reporters cite anonymous sources rather than provide readers, viewers and listeners with actual names. At this conference, journalists, whose work demonstrates how information was gathered from sources who agreed…
September 15, 1999

Verifying What Sources Say

As helpful or reliable as sources might seem to be, no reporter should accept their version of events without finding documentation to back up what they say. None of the…
September 15, 1999

What Happens When Journalists Envision a Web Site and Techies Try to Build It?

Generations clash. Cultures collide. And promises cannot be kept.
September 15, 1999