Nieman Reports back issues from December 2002:
Creating a new web of connections: the Nieman Web site will be home to valuable information about journalism. (Curator's Corner).
Dec 22, 2002;
Investigating what happens to refugees in INS detention: this is the kind of story that `many of us entered journalism to do.' (INS Coverage).
Dec 22, 2002;
`Freedom of the press becomes a river without water': an attorney describes the fight for access to news in a post-September 11 world. (INS Coverage).
Dec 22, 2002;
The people's right to know vs. government secrecy: an immigration reporter joins a legal case to gain access to court hearings. (INS Coverage).
Dec 22, 2002;
Challenging the reporting limits imposed by the INS: for asking an `inappropriate' question, a reporter's access is curtailed. (INS Coverage).
Dec 22, 2002;
Why reporters should want to cover immigration: it's a big and important story. Editors don't interfere much. And the public cares about the issues. (INS Coverage).
Dec 22, 2002;
Covering the INS in South Florida: `Without dogged media pursuit, little will change the INS culture of impunity.' (INS Coverage).
Dec 22, 2002;
Documenting how INS detainees are treated. (INS Coverage).
Dec 22, 2002;
Reporting on children held in INS detention: `it was this human contact that gave us the ability to get to the heart of his story. (INS Coverage).
Dec 22, 2002;
The press paid little attention when the Immigration Act was passed: by personalizing cases of injustice, a columnist connects readers to its consequences. (INS Coverage).
Dec 22, 2002;
The Oregonian investigates mistreatment of foreigners: reporters uncover `a world of racism, sexism and questionable conduct.' (WatchDog).
Dec 22, 2002;
Environment reporting.
Dec 22, 2002
The environment beat's rocky terrain: editors often don't see these stories as `traditional news,' and reporters tread on sensitive ground inside the newsroom. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
The beat is a tougher one today: reporting on the environment requires more and better training of those who do it. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
A new kind of environment reporting is needed: blending objectivity with education to arrive at sustainable journalism. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Environment journalists don't get much respect: `... the environment beat is so far down the journalistic pecking order that if it were alive it would be an amoeba.' (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Connecting the human condition to environmental destruction: `... I kept my camera's eye fixed on the haunting faces of children.' (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Missing the `big story' in environment coverage: `... if we don't do a better job of telling the story, devastation of the environment will be partly our fault.' (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
The environment beat in the nation's capital: reporters sort through promises of politicians and claims of advocates. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
A government agency impedes access to information: what right do the public and journalists have to see data about children's health and the environment? (Watchdog).
Dec 22, 2002;
Journalists can be seduced by aspects of risk: by understanding how and why people perceive risks, reporters and editors can cover risk-related issues with more caution and balance. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
After September 11, headlines about air quality were everywhere: a reporter explains his misgivings about this complicated story. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
The press portrayed the story as fish vs. farmers: but the Klamath River story is a whole lot more complicated than that. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Photojournalism and environment stories: a photographer's work `explores the increasingly complex relationship between people and the environment.' (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Connecting scientific data to real consequences for people: power, passion and accountability are key ingredients of environmental stories. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Newsroom issues affect environment coverage: `one of our bigger problems can be our own employers.' (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Covering breaking news on the environmental beat: at the (Baltimore) Sun, a city disaster leads to new investigations. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Networks aren't tuned in to the environment: by using storytelling to illuminate issues, `we tricked everyday viewers into paying attention to environmental news.' (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Radio uses sound and script to transport listeners to a place: `in environmental reporting, nothing is more elemental than the sense of place.' (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Corrections.(Correction Notice)
Dec 22, 2002
A beat about business and the environment: a broadcast journalist starts to see stories through a more complicated lens. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Fighting to get environment stories on television: a veteran journalist uses fresh strategies with editors. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Using a camera to document global warming: `this is a magnificent and urgent story just beginning to be told.' (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Covering the environment from Rio to Johannesburg and beyond: a Brazilian journalist describes his frustration with the beat. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Environment reporting in China: there is government control and strained finances, but coverage of the environment is flourishing. (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Reluctance to read news about the environment: `... trying to convince people about the importance of protecting the environment sometimes falls on deaf ears.' (Environment Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Satellite imagery for environment reporting: journalists can use these images and data to report and illustrate stories. (Environmental Reporting).
Dec 22, 2002;
Words & reflections.
Dec 22, 2002
The consequences of corporate ownership: `our democracy is in crisis from the loss of independent voices serving as its watchdog.' (Words & Reflections).(Book Review)
Dec 22, 2002;
A rigorous look at the work of newsrooms today: in this era of bottom-line journalism, the authors document how quality in news reporting can triumph. (Words & Reflection).(The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril)(Book Review)
Dec 22, 2002;
A war correspondent tries to make sense of what he's seen: `why, he wanted to know, do human beings fight wars?' (Words & Reflections).(Meaning, War Is a Force That Gives Us)(Book Review)
Dec 22, 2002;
The vital role of the press in a time of national crisis: `watchdog journalism begins with a state of mind: accepting responsibility as a surrogate for the public.' (Watchdog).
Dec 22, 2002;
Journalism education. (Journalist's Trade).
Dec 22, 2002
The worthiness of Bollinger's challenge: `for craft training to be accorded due respect does not mean all else must be shunned.' (Journalism Education).
Dec 22, 2002;
What should be taught in Journalism schools? An aspiring reporter `doesn't need to learn how--he needs to learn what.' (Journalism Education).
Dec 22, 2002;
Melding the competing demands of basic skills and emerging issues in journalism: at Berkeley, a professor is using weblogs as a new approach to teaching both. (Journalism Education).
Dec 22, 2002;
The bridge between the classroom and journalism: the purpose of journalism education can't be addressed without determining why journalists do what they do. (Journalism Education).
Dec 22, 2002;
Journalism's road to becoming a profession: there are key roles for educators to play in this transformation. (Journalism Education).
Dec 22, 2002;
What journalism schools do best: important lessons are taught in the much-maligned `skills courses.'. (Journalism Education).
Dec 22, 2002;
Passing along the magic of journalism: journalism stands apart from other academic pursuits. (Journalism Education).
Dec 22, 2002;
The Maynard Institute: 25 years and 2,000 journalists later: its innovative training programs shape the careers of many minority journalists. (Nieman Notes).
Dec 22, 2002;
Class notes. (Nieman Notes).
Dec 22, 2002;
The 2002 Nieman conference on narrative journalism. (Nieman Notes).(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002;
Zimbabwe journalist Mark Chavunduka, 1965-2002. (Nieman Notes).
Dec 22, 2002;