Nieman Reports back issues from March 2002:
Threats to press freedom in Russia: at a first-of-its-kind conference in Moscow, problems are exposed. (Curator's Corner).(Brief Article)(Column)
Mar 22, 2002;
Nieman narrative journalism conference.
Mar 22, 2002;
Sharing the secrets of fine narrative journalism: those who do it well explain what it is they do. (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002
Conference participants whose words appear in this issue. (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002
Writing about ordinary lives: `I wanted to move the realm of curiosity into the lives of people who had been ignored....' (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002;
Reporting differently: how to come back with a notebook full of narrative. (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002;
Interviewing sources: `the center of the onion is what you want.' (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002;
Finding time to write: hold yourself accountable. Get your work on paper. (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).(Brief Article)
Mar 22, 2002;
Editors and Reporters: `quite frankly, we need each other.' (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002;
`Reporting is the key to good journalism.' (Tips for Reporters).
Mar 22, 2002;
`Very few writers understand that a story has an arc, not just a beginning, a middle, and an end.' (Tips for Reporters).
Mar 22, 2002;
`Writing is all about rewriting, which means you've got to get something down.' (Tips for Reporters).(Brief Article)
Mar 22, 2002;
`Don't try to squeeze the dress of narrative over the wrong form.' (Tips for Reporters).(Brief Article)
Mar 22, 2002;
A bunch of tips for reporters.(Brief Article)
Mar 22, 2002
Tips for editors.
Mar 22, 2002
Reporters read from their narrative articles. (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002
A love fest on narrative elements: it's the voice, you fool. No, it's the theme, dummy. No, it's the story, you buttonhead. (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002
Writing in a personal voice: `your training as journalists is a tremendous platform on which to layer or from which to develop a personal voice.' (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002;
Why we need stories: `without them, the stuff that happens would float around in some glob and none of it would mean anything.' (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002;
Structuring stories for meaning: `your character gets to the point where something changes.' (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002;
Scenes, suspense and character: `everything really-boils down to one or another of those three things.' (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002;
Endings: `the inverted pyramid makes endings impossible.' (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).
Mar 22, 2002;
Serial narratives: their power comes from `that delicious sense of enforced waiting.' (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).(Column)
Mar 22, 2002;
Historical writing and the revival of narrative: `... the line between scholarly and popular writing is now much more difficult to discern.' (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).(Column)
Mar 22, 2002;
Conference diary: ideas and insights, opinions and suggestions--all of these surfaced again and again in the swirl of presentations. What follows are snippets from these sessions that didn't find a home on the previous pages but merit consideration. (Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference).(Column)
Mar 22, 2002
A pioneering generation marked the path for women journalists: today, women's roles and numbers have increased but some key issues remain unresolved. (Women: United States).(Column)
Mar 22, 2002;
The value of women journalists: a journalist urges others to use their reporting skills to document gender discrepancies in their newsrooms. (Women: United States).(Column)
Mar 22, 2002;
`The girls in the van': what happened when a lot of women journalists reported on Hillary Clinton's campaign? (Women: United States).(Column)
Mar 22, 2002;
Women journalists see progress, but not nearly enough: `the shortage of women editors reverberates through the ranks.' (Women: United States).(Column)
Mar 22, 2002;
Redefining the `private lives' of public officials: women journalists have played a major role in this changing coverage. (Women: United States).(Column)
Mar 22, 2002;
An Internet news service reports news and views of women: for Women's Enews, the challenge is to be able to finance the telling of these stories. (Women: United States).(Column)
Mar 22, 2002;
Women journalists spurred coverage of children and families: `... I no longer had to approach my work as though I didn't have children.' (Women: United States).(Column)
Mar 22, 2002;
Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet. (Words & reflections: what does `Good Work' in journalism look like?). (book review)
Mar 22, 2002;
I Thought My Father Was God: and Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project. (Words & reflections: telling stories on radio, just to tell them). (book review)
Mar 22, 2002;
Republic.com. (Words & reflections: dangers lie beneath the promise of the internet). (book review)
Mar 22, 2002;
One Scandalous Story: Clinton, Lewinsky, & Thirteen Days that Tarnished American Journalism. (Words & reflections: examining the vanishing standards in reporting). (book review)
Mar 22, 2002;
Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News. (Words & reflections: bias among the media). (book review)
Mar 22, 2002;
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo. (Words & reflections: `monstrous passions at the core of the human soul....'). (book review)
Mar 22, 2002;
The Body and the Blood: The Holy Land's Christians at the Turn of a New Millennium Charles M. Sennott. (Words & reflections: examining religious paths into and out of the Middle East). (book review)
Mar 22, 2002;
Documenting the rhythms of Cuba: a photographer uses digital video `to capture the passion and grittiness of contemporary Cuba.' (Nieman Notes).(Column)
Mar 22, 2002;
A Nieman year during difficult times: a Jordanian journalist learns to listen and reflects on what he does and why. (End Note).(Column)
Mar 22, 2002;