Journalism
Richard Conniff’s Wildlife Writing
International journalist Richard Conniff has reported on animals that fly, swim, crawl and leap in his 40 years of writing
May 26, 2009 |
By T.A. Frail
Frost, Nixon and Me
Author James Reston Jr. discovers firsthand what is gained and lost when history is turned into entertainment
January 2009 |
By James Reston Jr.
Rewriting History in Great Britain
Recently uncovered documents in the British archives reveal dark secrets from World War II. One problem: they are forgeries
November 18, 2008 |
By Gregory Katz
Colombia Dispatch 1: Revisiting Colombia
Journalist Kenneth Fletcher returns to Colombia to investigate how the government and its people hope to rise above their problematic past
October 29, 2008 |
By Kenneth Fletcher
Sharp Pencils Shape Elections
How three pioneering reporters reshaped the way the press covers elections-and politics itself
November 2006 |
By Jonathan Yardley
On Not Naming Names
The reporter was given a choice: Identify his confidential sources or go to jail. He chose jail
September 2005 |
By Myron Farber
Assignment Afghanistan
From keeping tabs on the Taliban to saving puppies, a reporter looks back on her three years covering a nation's struggle to be reborn
February 2005 |
By Pamela Constable
Who Was Deep Throat?
An investigative reporter enlists his journalism students to help him solve Watergate's most intriguing puzzle
December 2003 |
By William Gaines
Stanley Meets Livingstone
The American journalist's harrowing 1871 quest to find England's most celebrated explorer is also a story of newfound fascination with Africa, the growing power of newspapers and the United States' emergence as a world power
October 2003 |
By Martin Dugard
Dead Lines
Today's obituary writers sum up lives famous and not with pans as well as paeans
October 2003 |
By Richard Conniff
Grand Inquisitor
White House diva Helen Thomas has grilled every president since JFK
June 2003 |
By Victoria Dawson
Against All Odds
A new play and photo exhibition call attention to Ida B. Wells and her brave fight to end lynching in America
July 01, 2002 |
By Clarissa Myrick-Harris
An Editor's Note
A new book from Smithsonian's founding editor recounts tales of writers and wars, photographers and Presidents, and the experiences of an extraordinary life in journalism
November 01, 1995 |
By Don Moser
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