Features
‘Unparalleled and Unprecedented’
With dozens dead and more wounded, journalists in Gaza have faced the deadliest six months ever recorded.
Recent Stories
85th Anniversary
My Life of Chasing Big Scoops, Catching Shit, and Shoveling It for Applause
Between working at the circus and covering Alabama politics, I've met a lot of clowns.
Callout
Impacted by Layoffs? We Want to Hear From You
Introducing a new survey and research project by the Institute for Independent Journalists Foundation and Nieman Reports
85th Anniversary
Three Months in a Zimbabwean Prison Couldn’t Stop Me from Reporting on Corruption
Political elites were looting Covid relief funds, but that was just the first part of the story.
85th Anniversary
Uncovering a Hospital’s Predatory Debt-Collection Process and the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
If poverty isn’t an accident, but a robbery, then there are thieves with names that journalists can uncover.
Interview
An Antidote to the Minimization of the Long Covid Crisis
Why the founders of The Sick Times have made it their mission to report on overlooked perspectives from Covid long haulers
Opinion
The Year in Media: Tragedy, Absurdity, and a Few Rays of Hope
It’s been a bumpy ride — and the AI apocalypse looms just around the corner
Top Stories 2023
Nieman Reports’ Top 5 Opinion Pieces of 2023
As 2023 winds down, here are 5 columns from the past year we at Nieman Reports think are worth a (re)read
Top Stories 2023
Nieman Reports’ Top 5 Interviews of 2023
As 2023 winds down, here are 5 interviews from the past year we at Nieman Reports think are worth a (re)read
Top Stories 2023
Nieman Reports’ Top 5 Feature Stories of 2023
As the year winds down, here are 5 feature stories we at Nieman Reports think are worth a (re)read
Interview
Meet the Plymouth Independent, One of the Many Local News Startups Cropping Up Across the Country
The Plymouth Independent’s editor Mark Pothier on launching the new site and why digital startups are “the future of local journalism”
Opinion
At the U.N.’s Climate Conference, There are Plenty of Hypocrisies for Journalists to Report On
Even the small victories require aggressive reporting and scrutiny
