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Articles in March 2007 issue of Nieman Reports

• Laughter and memories shared amid danger: an interpreter says that if the Taliban fighter 'found out I worked for foreigners'--here Qahir ran his finger across his neck--'no more questions, I'm slaughtered.'.
  by Montagne, Renee
• Richard Chacon.(2005)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Sandy Tolan.(1993)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Edmund Rooney.(1960)(Obituary)(Brief article)
  by Fiore Lois
• A dangerous yet still necessary assignment: "'going inside" was what we called it in the old days, when the Russians were occupying Afghanistan back in the 1980's.'.(Personal account)
  by Lamb, Christina
• Geoffrey Nyarota.(2003)(Brief article)
  by Fiore Lois
• Carla Anne Robbins.(1990)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Simeon Booker.(1951)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Philip Meyer, class scribe, sends two updates.(1967)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Two Nieman fellows receive 2007 ASNE awards.(Brief article)
  by Fiore Lois
• Bill Dietrich.(1988)("Napoleon's Pyramids")(Brief article)(Book review)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Avian flu, a pandemic, & the role of journalists.("The Next Big Health Crisis--And How to Cover It")(Brief article)
• Allister Sparks laments the journalistic decline of the United States--his lodestar: a personal note from one '63 Nieman Fellow to another, and in it a harsh repudiation of American newspapers and TV.(Nieman Notes)
  by Friedman, Saul
• David Dahl.(2003)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Samuel Rachlin.(1985)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Safya Saify.(Aina Photo)(Brief article)
  by Saify, Safya
• The book as an investigative vehicle for news: a journalist explores why news organizations too often fail 'to treat the investigative discoveries of the book authors as headline grabbers.'.(Words & Reflections)(Nieman Reports editor Melissa Ludtke)
  by Weinberg, Steve
• Yuan Feng.(2002)(ActionAid International)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Ed Chen.(1985)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Najibullah Musafer.(Aina Photo)(Brief article)
  by Musafer, Najibullah
• Many dimensions of the avian flu story: reporters from the United States, China and Germany discuss how a story about a health issue such as avian flu can be covered competitively, with its web of connections that make it an economic, political, scientifi
  by McKenna, Maryn
• Sunday Dare.(2001)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• In remembrance of Sonja Hillgren.(Nieman Notes)(Brief article)
  by Collins, Huntly
• Gulbuddin Elham.(Brief article)
  by Elham, Gulbuddin
• Communicating news of an outbreak.
  by Nowak, Glen
• Jerry Zremski.(2000)(Brief article)
  by Fiore Lois
• Sonja Hillgren.(1983)(Obituary)(Brief article)
  by Fiore Lois
• Fardin Waezi.(Brief article)
  by Waezi, Fardin
• Understanding the threat: a focus on the science: two infectious disease specialists describe and discuss what the scientific community knows about the avian flu virus H5N1 and how pandemic influenza might emerge.
  by Osterholm, Michael
• Cecilia Alvear retires from NBC Network News.(Nieman Notes)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Hennie van Deventer.(1977)(Mayafudi--memories of an elephant)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• The Associated Press provides a visual record.(Curator's Corner)
• Preparing for pandemic flu.
  by Prior, Stephen; Osterholm, Michael; Toolan, Brian; Tiner, Stan
• Alice Pifer.(1996)(Brief article)
  by Fiore Lois
• John Hughes.(1962)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Global health fellowships at the Nieman Foundation: in a new and unique collaborative effort, Nieman Fellows devote a year to the study of global health issues, including a reporting trip to a developing nation.(End Note)
  by Friedhoff, Stefanie
• New 2007 International Nieman fellow appointed.(Nieman Notes)(Aboubakr Jamai and the Nieman Foundation)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Mike Riley.(1995)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois
• Te-Cheng Chiang.(1962)(Obituary)(Brief article)
  by Fiore, Lois