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Special Issue 1999: Introduction

This special issue of Nieman Reports has been created to report to the readers of Nieman Reports, to members of the Committee of Concerned Journalists, and to newspaper and broadcast…
March 4, 1999

Letters

October 6, 1998New York CityTo the Editor:The question asked in your review [Fall 1998] of the Robert D. Richards’ book “Freedom’s Choice” about the right of the editor vs. that…
December 15, 1998

Locating the Citizens’ Pulse

If the 1998 elections represented the maturation of “public journalism,” then pre-election news coverage should have reflected more astutely the concerns and motivations of voters rather than the spin of…
December 15, 1998

Newspaper Management Keeps Quiet About Its Role in Apartheid

In the Afrikaans Press, Some Reporters Decide to Testify
December 15, 1998

Cataloging Journalism’s Concerns

Richard Reeves, old tad reporter of the finest kind, tells us in salty, joyous prose exactly how and why journalism has metamorphosized. No fooling around.And guess what, this former New…
December 15, 1998

Deploring the State of Beltway Journalism

Spin Cycle: How the White House and the Media Manipulate the NewsHoward KurtzTouchstone. 327 Pages. $14 pb.Those looking for a balanced, critical appraisal of press performance in the Monica Lewinsky…
December 15, 1998

Hey Newsboys & Girls—Getting Injured Without Workers’ Compensation Builds Character!

My local newspaper, The Iowa City Press-Citizen, advertises: “Paper carriers are independent businesspersons, buying newspapers at wholesale, selling them at retail and pocketing the profits. And…the profits can be substantial.”…
December 15, 1998

Media and Juvenile Violence: The Connecting Threads

There are some important lessons we’ve learned about how the coverage of violence—especially juvenile violence—influences the way many of us think about teenagers and crime. Related Article “What Numbers Can…
December 15, 1998

‘Struggling for Memory Against Forgetting’

English-Language Newspapers May Have Been Too Timid, Even Collaborated
December 15, 1998

Questioning If Guilt Without Punishment Will Lead to Reconciliation

The Black Press Relives Its Own Horrors and Seeks Justice
December 15, 1998