Confronting ‘The Health Care World of Want’
A trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo results in a journalist’s determination to find ways to report on the devastation she now knows exists.
By Susan Dentzer

Creating a Bookshelf of Valuable Resources
By Maryn McKenna

Interaction of Journalists and Sources
By Bruce Shapiro, Patricia Thomas & Ford Rowan

Preparing for Pandemic Flu
By Various Sources

Preparing for the Crisis
By Betty Kirby, John Thompson & Michael Loehr

Reacting to the Crisis
From Public Trust to Panic
By Dori Reissman & Sandro Galea

Communicating News of an Outbreak
How best to get information out to the public in ways that are trustworthy and timely
By Glen Nowak & Dick Thompson

Reporting From the Frontlines of the Flu
By Margie Mason, Maggie Fox & Christy Feig

Understanding the Threat
A Focus on the Science
By Michael Osterholm & Marc Lipsitch

The Many Dimensions of the Avian Flu Story
By Maryn McKenna, Alan Sipress, Lu Yi, Harro Albrecht, Helen Branswell and John Pope

Understanding the Risk
What Frightens Rarely Kills
By Peter Sandman

Press Lessons From the 1918 Pandemic Flu
By John M. Barry

The Terror of Disease
By John M. Barry

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.
By Stefanie Friedhoff

Georgian Journalists Send Word of Their Fate
‘The situation is insane.… My friends—both journalists—were killed in Ossetia. Just confirmed that..am devastated..’
By Karl Idsvoog

Introduction
By Melissa Ludtke, Editor

The Violence Reporting Project:
A New Approach to Covering Crime
By Jane Ellen Stevens