Word: journalistic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lamb is acutely aware that as a foreign journalist he cannot help viewing African events through the prism of his own American upbringing. At a seminar on Africa and the foreign press last week, Lamb questioned whether it is, in fact, possible for Western journalists to provide fair and balanced coverage of Africa. He himself acknowledges, having "little tolerance for much of the rhetoric of the Third World...
...South Africa, she says, "There is no limit on the freedom of the journalist to criticize, only on his freedom to report." Journalists are subject to numerous laws restricting reporting, including the Prisons Act, the Defense Act, and the Suppression of Communism Act. But such limitations have not stopped the South African press from being a progressive force, she says...
...some ways, South Africa is a small society," de Villiers says, explaining that as a journalist she knows all the leading political figures as well as many artists. As a Nieman Fellow, she appreciates "the overwhelming richness of intellectual resources at Harvard." While here, she is studying government, taking courses on nationalism, political social change, and U.S. foreign affairs. Her goal: "to amplify my understanding of the U.S. and world politics" de Villiers believes her Nieman Fellowship provides a beneficial change. "The mid-career break is necessary to give one time for reflection," she says, adding, "As a journalist...
...emphasis here is on debate. A nonpartisan moderator (possibly a journalist) will serve only to limit the length of statements and maintain some degree of order. After an opening statement by each of the participants, personal confrontation will move the discussion...
...With all that, he found time to devote his formidable talents and energy to civic concerns, most notably as founder and co-chairman of the National Urban Coalition, fellow of the Harvard Corporation and vice chairman of the New York Public Library. Heiskell began his career here as a journalist. In 1937 he was named LIFE'S first medicine and science editor, after a stint on the old New York Herald Tribune. He also attended the Harvard Business School, but left after a year, deciding he "never wanted to have anything to do with business again." Despite that pledge...