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Fall 2006

About the Journey: Introduction By Melissa Ludtke, Editor; Journalists Patrol Ever-Changing Borders By Sebastian Rotella; Migrations: The Story of Humanity on the Move By Sebastião Salgado; Seeing Stories in What Wasn’t Being Reported By Phillip W.D. Martin; Monitoring Activities By Phillip W.D. Martin; Dutch Journalists Alter Their Coverage of Migrants By Yvonne van der Heijden and Evert Mathies; Chinese Migrants: Refreshing Reporting About a Longtime Trend By Mary Kay Magistad; Attempting to Bridge the Divide By Héctor Tobar; Watching a Community Changed by Immigration By Lester Sloan; Documenting Migration's Revolving Door By Donna DeCesare; Ethical Dilemmas in Telling Enrique's Story By Sonia Nazario; Preparing for the Journey By Sonia Nazario; On the Narrative Approach By Sonia Nazario; On Ways of the Road By Sonia Nazario; Immigration to El Norte: Eight Stories of Hope and Peril By Don Bartletti; Becoming Part of the Story to Tell It to Others By Ralph Ortega; The Long Journey Captured in Single Moments By Stephen Franklin; Shrinking Space, Tight Budgets — And a Story Needing to Be Told By Geoff Brown; Immigrants Grapple With Man and ‘The Beast’ By Heather Stone; The Tribune's Stories Reach a Spanish-Speaking Audience By Alejandro Escalona; A Visual Telling of Immigrants' Stories By John Owens; Reporting on the Deaths of Those Who Make the Journey North By Susan Carroll; Death in the Desert By Susan Carroll; Rescue and Death Along the Border Photo essay by Pat Shannahan; Partnership and Perseverance Result in a Story Rarely Told By Tom Knudson; The Work of the Undocumented Photo essay by Hector Amezcua; Diffused Voices Demand Different Coverage By Amy Driscoll; Coming Ashore A Photo Essay By Nuri Vallbona; Observing the Exodus of Immigrants By Kevin Cullen; The War of Words By Kate Phillips; Don’t ‘Brown’ the Hispanics By Amitai Etzioni; Data Talk When Reporters Know How to Listen By Stephen K. Doig; Learning How Data Work With Reporting By Stephen K. Doig; The Dangerous Numbers Game in Immigration Coverage By Ted Robbins; What’s Old Is New Again By Lorie Conway
Words and Reflections: Books and Journalism: Introduction By Melissa Ludtke, Editor; Doing an Unenviable Job in an Enviable Way By Mark Jurkowitz; Debunking the Myth of Liberal Media Bias By Barry Sussman; Rethinking Foreign Correspondents' American Dream By Samuel Rachlin; Journalism: Its Generational Passage By Brent Walth; A New Approach to Reaching Young Audiences By Judy Stoia; Well-Chosen Words Can Weave Tangled Webs By Jules Witcover; The Making of an Obituary Writer — And a Man By Jim Nicholson; Lessons of Youth Shape a Writer’s Career By Jim Kaplan
Curator's Corner: Making Visual What Is Often Put Into Words By Bob Giles
Nieman Notes: Poet Donald Hall Inspires Nieman Fellows By Mike Pride; A Photojournalist in the Middle East — Images and Memories By Robert Azzi

Preparing for the Journey

By Sonia Nazario

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"Ethical Dilemmas in Telling Enrique's Story"

"On the Narrative Approach"

"On Ways of the Road"In her talk, Nazario offered specific guidance to journalists about the steps to take before they begin reporting with at-risk sources on a story of this kind:

Know the story
Do intense, thorough research
Know the personal risks
Know the legal risks
Construct your safety nets
Know the consequences of intervening
Know the route of your journey
Know yourself: know your limits.

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