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Spring 2005: Words & Reflections Introduction

Arguments for journalistic quality typically assert the importance of First Amendment responsibilities. In his book, “The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age,” Philip Meyer, Knight Chair in Journalism…
March 15, 2005

Mainstream News Reporting Ignores Critical Water Issues

In India, ‘reportage on this complex subject has regressed to its earlier character—unsophisticated and immature.’
March 15, 2005

Frank del Olmo’s Words Are a Tribute to His Life

While he ‘wrote through Latino eyes, the core themes he explored in his columns—the quest for truth and justice—are universal.’
March 15, 2005

Iraq War Documentaries Fill a Press Vacuum

‘… filmmakers have become a source of alternative explanations for the war in Iraq and the news coverage of it, as well as critics of the administration’s policies.’
March 15, 2005

Using Narrative to Tell Stories About Water

‘The imperatives of narrative nonfi ction carried me like a current to the book’s last words.’
March 15, 2005

When Water and Political Power Intersect

A journalist probes the story of water privatization in Jakarta, Indonesia.
March 15, 2005

Making Visible What Is Purposely Hidden

Author Mark Dow writes about what happens, but is usually unseen, in immigration prisons.
December 15, 2004

A Life’s Work Reconsidered

A reporter, kidnapped in Fallujah, reflects in the aftermath of that experience.
December 15, 2004

Portrait of a Courageous Guatemalan Journalist

‘Though the book features events from the past, it should be read as a story that can offer us much to contemplate about our present.’
December 15, 2004

Journalism Reflects Our Culture

Journalism is no more in a survival mode today than it was 52 years ago when Louis Lyons and my Nieman classmates worried about how a compliant and objective press…
December 15, 2004