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When Tragedy Is No Longer a Good Enough Story to Tell

An African journalist chronicles his life and revisits some of Africa’s major news stories of the 1990’s.
September 15, 2004

A Mid-Sized Newspaper Connects Its Readers to Africa

Times Union journalists traveled to Malawi to trace the links of local citizens to the people of sub-Saharan Africa.
September 15, 2004

Revealing Lives Behind the Statistics

‘We would work to capture and convey the human dignity not often found in stories painting statistical portraits.'
September 15, 2004

Proposing a Variation on Embedded Reporting

Switching from the battlefield to inside a military hospital, we would ‘explore the physical and psychological aftermath of war.’
September 15, 2004

Fall 2004: Words & Reflections Introduction

War and TerrorThe dangers and challenges to journalists who report on the war in Iraq have been amply demonstrated in threats to their safety, difficulties of establishing and maintaining trust…
September 15, 2004

When a Story Inhabits the Mind

‘… I rely on a brave group of Chechen journalists to keep me— and my readers—informed.’
June 15, 2004

Securing the Right to Be Heard

A new book explores how a 1960’s case about race in Mississippi transformed television news and the Federal Communications Commission.
June 15, 2004

A Matter of Faith: The White House and the Press

Journalists’ focus ‘on religion and the presidency was unusual for an “objective” news media that usually relies on empirical evidence ….’
June 15, 2004

The Iraq Experience Poses Critical Questions For Journalists

‘How do we protect against violence while protecting our image as noncombatants? How do we guard against danger without sealing ourselves off?’
June 15, 2004

Developing Word Pictures to Inform a Complex Story

‘Eighty percent of foreign reporting is about getting there.’
June 15, 2004