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    Jul 10 2009 11:42 AM

    Weekend Links: Chinese Riots, Mexican Torture and Michael Jackson

    By Stan Alcorn

    This week, the Nieman Foundation's Narrative Digest published interviews with St. Petersburg Times reporters Ben Montgomery and Waveny Ann Moore about their co-authored April story on the effects of a century of abuse at the Florida School for Boys.

    Meanwhile, journalism by the masses continued to change coverage of mass events More »

  • Tip Sheet

    The "Wall Effect" in Covering Victims

    By Joe Hight

    Most journalists face an inevitability in their careers: They must cover a tragedy and interview people who are pinned against a wall of grief. The wall blocks the victims from seeing that their lives may improve tomorrow. They only see who's in front of them and feel the pain of that moment.

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