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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:02 AM

Drenched But Not Defeated

Two weeks ago News Gems applauded the work of The Des Moines Register as it covered the tornados that pummeled the Midwest. Today I want to give a special shout out to their fellow Iowans at The Cedar Rapids Gazette who are still putting out
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Friday, June 13, 2008 6:47 AM

Keeping Pace

Yesterday we featured The Des Moines Register's superb multimedia package, "Parkersburg Tornado: The Aftermath." Today we highlight a narrative from the Register's storm coverage, Ken Fuson's "Solidified by Sandbags." Fuson begins as the Cedar River
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:18 AM

Tales of the Tornado

The Des Moines Register is doing an amazing job of using maps, stories, photos, videos and blogs to cover the storms that have hammered Iowa. Take for example its "Parkersburg Tornado: The Aftermath" package, which allows viewers to scan a map
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Friday, May 30, 2008 6:06 AM

Sights and Sounds

I love the way Andrew Lee Butters starts his "Welcome to Hizballahstan" in the May 26 issue of Time with a sharp mix of sight and sound accented with a strong quotation: Surrounded by a ring of mountains like a concert band shell, Beirut
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:20 AM

Two Tales Become One

"In Rubble, Couple Clung to Each Other, and to Life," by Edward Wong in The New York Times, is one of the finest stories to emerge from the Chinese earthquake. In his lede, Wong quickly draws us into the predicament a husband and wife face as they lie
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:31 PM

Storm Damage

It's a reporter's nightmare: trying to cover a devastating natural disaster in a country controlled by a paranoid military junta. The news out of Burma this week has been spotty after a cyclone killed tens of thousands of people or perhaps more than 100,000 --
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Monday, May 05, 2008 10:45 PM

Primary Politics

For depth of political coverage, it's hard to beat The Politico and politico.com. Since editors John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei launched the upstart Web site last year, it has quickly ramped up the quality and thoroughness of its coverage. For an
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:30 AM

Every Victim Deserves a Story

In a city with hundreds of homicides every year, it's easy to lose track of all the victims. The Los Angeles Times and the LA Daily News, however, have made extensive commitments over the past year to telling the victims' stories. The Times' "The
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Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:30 AM

Ring of Fire

Last week we lauded the amazing coverage of the fires that roared through Southern California. Today we'd like to pay particular attention to the powerful photos taken by the staff of the Los Angeles Times. Their "Facing the Flames" photo gallery
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:30 AM

California Burning

The staff of the Los Angeles Times has responded to the fires ravaging Southern California with extensive and insightful multimedia coverage. It's not easy reporting about multiple disasters happening simultaneously, but the Times is managing
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Friday, August 03, 2007 12:28 AM

Disaster Coverage

The Minneapolis Star Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press have distinguished themselves with their coverage of Wednesday's collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi. In addition to giving quick news updates on its Web site, the Pioneer
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