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Global Investigative Reporting Effort Exposes Asbestos Trade

Exposing the booming asbestos trade in the developing world became the most recent of many projects undertaken by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
September 7, 2010

In South Africa, Connecting With a Wealth of Nieman Fellows and Finding Signs of Hope

A first trip to the former land of apartheid is a time to renew friendships and ponder the nation’s future.
September 7, 2010

Foreign Policy: Morphing Into an Online Daily

 ‘At the start of our Web relaunch, here’s what we had: essentially no money, no reporters, a creaky and often barely functioning custom-made Web platform, a wonderfully talented young staff…
September 7, 2010

Connecting Correspondents With Broadcasters

Global Radio News, an online agency for reporters, insists on fair treatment and insurance to protect those whose work takes them into harm’s way.
September 3, 2010

Africa—Revealed on GlobalPost Through People-Oriented Stories

‘We work hard to make our stories break out of the “should read” category and into the “want to know” one.’
September 3, 2010

Creating a Go-To Digital Destination for Foreign Affairs Reporting and Commentary

 ‘At the start of our Web relaunch, here’s what we had: essentially no money, no reporters, a creaky and often barely functioning custom-made Web platform, a wonderfully talented young staff…
August 27, 2010

Diana Connolly

Adapt. This is the power behind the human brain. Humans have natural instincts to adapt to their surroundings. Their temptation to always receive more and more causes humans to create…
June 30, 2010

Digital Demands: The Challenges of Constant Connectivity

MIT professor Sherry Turkle finds the prevalence of PowerPoint in grade school classrooms “distressing,” yet PowerPoint is ubiquitous. It has gained adherents in the federal Office of the Joint Chiefs…
June 29, 2010

Our ‘Deep Reading’ Brain: Its Digital Evolution Poses Questions

‘The reading circuit’s very plasticity is also its Achilles’ heel. It can be fully fashioned over time and fully implemented when we read, or it can be short-circuited …’
June 29, 2010

Feeling the Heat: The Brain Holds Clues for Journalism

‘This rise in emotional intensity poses a real problem for serious journalists … . The sciences of the mind offer a lot of help if we are willing to learn…
June 29, 2010