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Fall 2010

Fall 2010

Where Documentary Meets Journalism Fall 2010

We examine the two disciplines of journalism and documentary—where they converge and where they diverge, how one informs the other, and what is transferable from one to the other.

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Features
Feature | Fall 2010
Awards of Academia: Peabodys and duPonts Honor the Real Reality
By Miri Hess
AwardsEducationJournalism
Feature | Fall 2010
Swimming with Sharks: Documentary on the Rough Seas of Reality TV
By Elizabeth Blozan
TV Docs
Feature | Fall 2010
The Death of Objectivity? When Documentary Footage Becomes Evidence
By Belinda Baldwin
LegalJournalism40 Years of Docs
Feature | Fall 2010
David's Devotees: Remembrances from Alumni of Wolper U.
By Tom White
TV DocsProfile
Feature | Fall 2010
The Message Is the Medium: The Difference between Documentarians and Journalists
By Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson
EthicsLegalJournalism
Feature | Fall 2010
A Question of Ethics: The Relationship between Filmmaker and Subject
By wanda bershen
Ethics
Feature | Fall 2010
That's Celebritainment!: Paparazzi Are the Stars in Two New Docs
By Michael Rose
Columns
Column | Fall 2010
Notes from the Reel World: The President's Column, Fall 2010
By Rachel Kamerman
Notes from the Reel World
Column | Fall 2010
Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Fall 2010
By Tom White
Fast Foreword
Column | Fall 2010
Kim Longinotto's 'Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go'
By Havana Marking
Playback
Column | Fall 2010
Documentary Activism: Empowering Communities Through the Media
By Marc Glassman
Book ReviewsAdvocacyReality Ink
Column | Fall 2010
Film Forum at Forty: Still Independent and Individualistic
By Tamara Krinsky
Festivals
Column | Fall 2010
Meet 'Middletown': Ordinary Americans at Extraordinary Moments
By Cynthia Close
Docs on DiscTV Docs
Column | Fall 2010
The Uncomfortable Truth: Davis Guggenheim Takes on the US Education System
By Agnes Varnum
Actuality on the AirSocial Issue DocsDocs about Education
Column | Fall 2010
Tackling Sports History: ESPN's '30 for 30'
By Scott Bayer
TV DocsActuality on the AirSports Docs