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Vol. 56 No. 4<br />

Winter 2002<br />

NIEMAN REPORTS<br />

THE NIEMAN FOUNDATION FOR JOURNALISM AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY<br />

4 Reporting on the INS<br />

5 Investigating What Happens to Refugees in INS Detention BY RICK TULSKY<br />

7 ‘Freedom of the Press Becomes a River Without Water’ BY HERSCHEL P. FINK<br />

9 The People’s Right to Know vs. Government Secrecy BY HILARY BURKE<br />

11 Challenging the Reporting Limits Imposed By the INS BY MARK DOW<br />

13 Why Reporters Should Want to Cover Immigration BY PATRICK J. MCDONNELL<br />

15 Covering the INS in South Florida BY SUSANA BARCIELA<br />

18 Documenting How INS Detainees Are Treated BY STEVEN RUBIN<br />

24 Reporting on Children Held in INS Detention BY CHRIS L. JENKINS<br />

25 The Press Paid Little Attention When the Immigration Act Was Passed BY ANTHONY LEWIS<br />

WATCHDOG<br />

27 The Oregonian Investigates Mistreatment of Foreigners BY RICHARD READ<br />

30 Environment Reporting<br />

32 Complexity in Environment Reporting Is Critical to Public Decision-Making BY PAUL ROGERS<br />

34 The Environment Beat’s Rocky Terrain BY PHILIP SHABECOFF<br />

36 The Beat Is a Tougher One Today BY JAMES BRUGGERS<br />

38 A New Kind of Environment Reporting Is Needed BY JIM DETJEN<br />

40 Environment Journalists Don’t Get Much Respect BY BUD WARD<br />

42 Connecting the Human Condition to Environmental Destruction BY STAN GROSSFELD<br />

45 Missing the ‘Big Story’ in Environment Coverage BY CHARLES ALEXANDER<br />

47 The Environment Beat in the Nation’s Capital BY MARGARET KRIZ<br />

WATCHDOG<br />

49 A Government Agency Impedes Access to Information BY JOSEPH A. DAVIS<br />

51 Journalists Can Be Seduced By Aspects of Risk BY DAVID ROPEIK<br />

53 After September 11, Headlines About Air Quality Were Everywhere BY DAN FAGIN<br />

54 The Press Portrayed the Story as Fish vs. Farmers BY MICHAEL MILSTEIN<br />

56 Photojournalism and Environment Stories BY NATALIE FOBES<br />

61 Connecting Scientific Data to Real Consequences for People BY TOM HENRY<br />

Cover photo by Steven Rubin.

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