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Unerased

Vladimir Putin’s government is trying to scrub critical journalism from the internet. The Russian Independent Media Archive is standing in its way.

Visual Journalism

Up to Bat

A photographer chronicles Las Amazonas of Yaxunah, an Indigenous women’s softball team that’s challenging gender norms in rural Mexico.

Features

Warped

Election stakes couldn't be higher. The media is still struggling to meet the moment

Features

From the Battlefield to the Campaign Trail  

How safety training for journalists has evolved

Opinion

You’re as Good as Your Best Byline

A love letter to the journalists who toil

Sounding

Less Arguing, More Doodling

The virtues of taking a different route with sports journalism

Live @ Lippmann

“Are You Going to Contribute to the Chaos? Or Are You Going to Thread Through and Be the Expert?”

Maria Ressa and Glenda M. Gloria, NF ‘18, on standing up to dictators, big tech, and disinformation

Interview

The Changing Tides of Olympic Sports Coverage with Helene Elliott

The veteran sportswriter and longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times discusses the Paris Games, women in sports, and how Olympic coverage has evolved.

Live @ Lippmann

How the Russian Independent Media Archive Is Defying Censorship — and Saving History

Co-founders Masha Gessen and Ilia Venyavkin on how the RIMA is preserving the work of Russian independent media for future generations.

Visual Journalism

What’s at Stake on the Ocean Floor

As governments and mining companies push to extract minerals from the deep sea, conservationists — and nature — warn us of the potential long-lasting ramifications

Niemans @ Work

Geopolitics, in First Person

Gaiutra Bahadur, NF ’08, on telling the story of newfound oil in Guyana