A review of the book 'Into the Fray: How NBC's Washington Documentary Unit Reinvented the News'
Journalism
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"Truth is the first casualty of war," the old adage says. And in the case of the war in Iraq it is alarmingly accurate. Documentarians have stepped in
Karin Stellwagen of The Brooks Institute works with a panel of documentarians, jouralists and legal professionals to decipher the intricate balance between video journalism and documentary filmmaking.
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A map of Lower Manhattan... A mini-umbrella for unexpected spring thunderstorms... Comfortable shoes for pounding the New York sidewalks... And of
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When we think of documentary filmmakers, we think of work that has a pattern: conceive, research, document, edit, distribute. Of course, that's a
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indieWIRE was born as a free daily e-mail publication in 1996, and over the past 10 years has been honored with a "Webby" Award for best film website
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'Page One: Inside The New York Times' opens June 17 through Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media.
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On Monday, November 16, filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña will be in conversation with Turner Classic Movies' Ben Mankiewicz to discuss her decades-long
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In its Fall 2001 issue, Nieman Reports, published by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, explored the convergences and