Nieman Reports

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University
Vol. 52 No. 3 Fall 1998

Serving the Poor

Widening Gap Between Haves and Have-Nots
Table of Contents

Serving the Poor:
Widening Gap Between Haves and Have-Nots

by Michael Kirkhorn4
 

First Amendment

SLAPPing Down the Debate Over Cuba by John S. Nichols and Robert D. Richards 13
SLAPP and Black Hole of Internet by James C. Goodale 16
 

Watchdog Journalism

Arrogance Wins? by Murrey Marder 19
Civility as a Reporting Tool by Will Englund 22
In Britain, Rottweilers Attack by Jenny Lo 24
Ideas for Watchdog Reporting 27
 

The Journalist's Trade

Shangri-La Is No Heaven by Philip Cunningham 45
'No Chicanos on TV' by Cecilia Alvear 49
 

Foreign Correspondence

Indonesia Media Still Censoring Itself by Ratih Hardjono 51
 
Curator's Corner 2
Letters 3
Nieman Notes
Class Notes 64
End Note:
Lasting Connections of a Nieman Year 		by Patricia Guthrie 77

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