Iraq Coverage Resources

Journalists Die in Iraq
• David Bloom, NBC correspondent (4/6)
• Michael Kelly, editor and columnist (4/4)

NBC Journalists Captured Tuesday, Released Friday (5/29/04)
Poynter’s Al Tompkins explores the capture and relase of NBC reporters.

The Tug of War
Poynter’s Roy Peter Clark explores what motivates warrior reporters. (4/25/2003)

Newsday Exec Talks About Missing Days
Poynter’s
Pam Johnson interviews Charlotte Hall about how the newsroom
functioned from the time Matthew McAllester and Moises Saman
disappeared to the moment they called in, safe. (4/23/2003) >>Read more about this

Journalists and War Souvenirs
Poynter’s Bob Steele discusses what happens when journalists exploit the spoils of war.

Embedded Journal
Jules Crittenden wrote for Poynter Online from his embedded position in Iraq. (Updated 4/23/03 – Previous entries)

Media Map of Iraq
Poynter’s Robin Sloan tracked embedded and other journalists as they cover the war in Iraq.

Homefront
Local coverage of war-related news, including impact on lives back home, anti-war initiatives, and various military angles.

Dispatches
Links to coverage of the Iraq conflict by journalists reporting from overseas. 

Coverage Diary
Stories
and notes from journalists covering various dimensions of the Iraq
conflict, especially focused on journalistic questions, challenges, and
lessons learned.

Al’s Iraq Meeting

 
Share your stories
Share your perspective on war and paths to peace

RESOURCES:

FAIR: Iraq Resources
FACSNet: Conflict with Iraq 
Reuters: AlertNet
PBS: Frontline Special on Iraq
RTNDA: Terrorism | War
NewsLab: War Planning | Covering Iraq
Fox: Weapons Handbook
CBS: Disaster Links
SAJA: War Reporting Tips & Myths
AJ-C: Surviving War
AJR: Preparing for War
CJR: Weighing the Risks | Perspectives on War | Afghanistan and Beyond
Newseum: Drawing on War | War Stories
Freedom Forum: Frontline Journalism
CPJ: Covering Conflicts Safely | Buildup in the Gulf
PowerReporting.com: Disasters | Terrorism
API: Beyond the Battle — Bringing Global Stories Home
Digital Journalist: Inside Iraq | The Unseen Gulf War
Lost Remote: War Diaries
CyberJournalist.Net: Conflict Coverage Diary
New York Times: Iraq Navigator
Media Guardian: Iraq — The Media War
War TV: Your source for 24-hour live streaming news
American Copy Editors Society: Iraq FAQ
Society of Professional Journalists: Guide to the Geneva Conventions
Librarians’ Index to the Internet: War and Peace
Special Libraries Association: Iraq (War on Terrorism)

Helpful organizations
Military Reporters and Editors
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
International Press Institute
Public Agenda Online
Council on American-Islamic Relations

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Design

• Battle Lines: Cartooning and the War
  [ Joel Pett | Jim McCloskey | David Cox | Nick Anderson  | Deb Milbrath | G. Marty Stein]
• The Art of Explanation (4/1/03)
• Let Typography Speak (3/21/03)
• The Bold Photo (3/21/03)
• Make Tea Not War (3/12/03)
• Portraits of War (2/26/03)
• Mapping the News in 3D (2/21/03)
• Homeland Security Graphics (2/20/03)
• Using Mobile Pictures (2/19/03)
• Iraq Infographics (1/31/03)

Diversity

One Region, Multiple Faiths
Aly Colon on pluralities
“There is no such thing as Islam,” one professor said. “There are Islams, Christianities, and Judaisms.” (2/25/03)

Ethics

War News in Final Days: How KSTP Decided to Roll Tape (10/30/04)
Poynter’s
Scott Libin talks with one local station about how they decided to air
footage of explosives reportedly missing from a munitions facility in
U.S.-occupied Iraq.

Private and Public: What Jouranlists Reveal About Themselves (10/8/04)
Poynter’s Aly Colón writes about one journalist’s e-mail home, and what the impact of the e-mail was.

1,000 Dead: Journalism By the Numbers (9/9/04)
Aly Colón explores the context behind the count: What does it mean that 1,000 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq?

L.A. Times Photographer Fired Over Altered Image
Poynter’s Kenny Irby talks with the L.A. Times and Hartford Courant about the manipulated photo and what has happened since it was published. Plus, view the before and after images. (4/3/03)

Was Arnett’s Firing Fair?
Poynter’s Ethics faculty debates the dismissal of the National Geographic, NBC, and MSNBC correspondent. (4/1/03)

Deciding When and How to use Images
Poynter’s
Aly Colón provides journalists with some questions to ask when
evaluating whether to show images of the dead. (3/24/03)

Hold on to Your Independence
Poynter’s
Aly Colón reminds embedded and other journalists that it is possible —
even desirable — to get close to subjects without giving away your
freedom to report. (3/21/03)

Editorial Page Editor Grapples With Conflict
Kelly McBride talks with Doug Floyd
Floyd:
“If you have a staff full of writers, editors and photographers who
have no convictions … then you’re going to get dishwater journalism.”
(2/21/03)

When Journalists Become Actors on the Political Stage
Bob Steele Talks About Ethics
Steele:
“Journalists who publicly oppose or support the war effort … become
the actors. They cease to be responsible reporters or credible critics
of what takes place on the stage.” (2/21/03)

Virtual Roundtable: U.S. and Iraq Coverage
Poynter’s 2002 Ethics Fellows model the discussion and debate. (10/10/02)

War Correspondents: Duty & Danger 
The
authority of the reporting is a product of a war correspondent’s
ability to effectively balance the challenges of access to action with
the significant risks to personal safety. (11/22/01)

Journalists at Risk: Editors Talk Safety
A
team from the St. Petersburg Times found themselves in trouble in
Pakistan. Hear how newsroom leaders react to such challenges. (10/10/01)

Terrorism and War

Eight Dark Days in an Iraqi Prison
“It’s not often you get that kind of access,” Newsday reporter Matthew McAllester says. Robin Sloan talks to him about his captivity. (4/11/03)

The Troops and the Media
Most
embedded journalists follow the rules of the military-press
relationship, but that’s not always the public perception. Karen Dunlap
explains. (4/8/03)

They’re Out! Newsday Journalists Safe in Jordan
Poynter’s Kenny Irby was on the phone with Newsday’s Asst. ME when the news broke that its two journalists were safe. (4/2/03)

Commentary
Poynter’s Gregory Favre questions whether his charity of choice is truly United over Susan Sarandon talk. (3/28/03)

Vulnerable Sources
Poynter’s
Al Tompkins provides tips for interviewing victims and others who may
be uncomfortable telling their stories. (3/26/03)

War in Iraq Claims Four Journalists
An
Australian cameraman and British reporter have been confirmed
dead, and two other British journalists are still missing. (3/23/03)

Take Back the Language
Poynter’s Keith Woods encourages journalists to use political and military language carefully. (3/20/03)

Chris Hedges on War and the Press
As
fighting begins, former war correspondent and the author of “War is a
Force That Gives Us Meaning” talks to Poynter Online about the culture
of war. (3/19/2003)

War Tips for News Websites with Small Staffs
Poynter’s
Steve Outing has some suggestions for maximizing war coverage with
minimal staff. The webmaster of a one-man site shares his plan. (3/19/2003)

Owning the Big Story
Poynter’s Jill Geisler explains ABC’s strategy Monday night. (3/18/03)

High Noon with Iraq
Poynter’s Roy Peter Clark explores the narrative technique of “counting down” until the conflict comes to a head. (3/18/03)

Letters from Iraq
Poynter alum Borzou Daragahi is in Iraq and writes from there. (3/18/03 – Previous entries)

From ENG to SNG: TV Technology for Covering Iraq
Poynter Fellow Mike Wendland describes the new TV technology networks are using for covering the conflict. (3/6/03)

Your Editor, Your Lifeline
Poynter President Jim Naughton explores the relationship between correspondents abroad and newsrooms back home. (3/5/03)

Online Producer Goes to War
Poynter’s
Steve Outing talks with Ben Arnoldy about his work for CSMonitor.com
and what it will be like to be the first embedded journalist dedicated
primarily to web work. Read Ben Arnoldy’s Kuwait journal. Ask him a question. (2/27/03)

Reflections on Military Reporting
Whether you’re covering the homefront or deployed with troops, learn where the stories are and how to get them. (3/3/03)

The Press Under Fire: Media & Terrorism
Report from Boston Panel in honor of Daniel Pearl
Larry Ingrassia, a Journal editor who had been Pearl’s London bureau chief: “I fear (deaths) are part of the turf.” (2/24/03)

Understanding Iraq
Robin Sloan reviews the history
Three key points put today’s Iraq into context. (2/24/03)