Issue Archive

With dozens dead and many more wounded, journalists in Gaza have faced the deadliest six months ever recorded

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

Journalists around the world on what to expect when press freedom comes under attack

Spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, open-source investigations are being integrated into standard newsroom practice

Media outlets continue to conduct vital reporting and hold the powerful account from afar, setting up posts in France, Thailand, Costa Rica, and beyond

How newsrooms can harness the power of artificial intelligence

“Stories stalk you. Stories beguile you. They bewitch you. It’s not easy to fend them off, even when you’ve vowed you will,” Susan Orlean writes in our Fall 2023 issue, which commemorates the Nieman Foundation’s 85th anniversary

Nieman Reports takes a look at how Ukrainian journalists are reporting on the war in their home, the costs of reporting accurately on the invasion, and the growing threats to press freedom under Putin

Essays by journalists who are managing to do vital independent reporting — often at great personal risk

How newsrooms are advancing political coverage that considers voters rather than just vote-seekers

Hope that the coronavirus is finally being brought under control has prompted plans for a return to “normal.” But can, or should, journalism return to a pre-pandemic “normal?”

How coverage of the police is changing, from crowdsourced investigations to centering victim accounts

What’s next for journalism’s post-Trump challenges, for reporting on the Biden White House and for the political weaponization of “fake news”

In a series of essays, thought leaders reflect and offer prescriptions for what the news industry needs to do.

How the reinvigorated movement for racial justice and the pandemic are prompting newsrooms to fundamentally rethink how stories are covered — and by whom

How the pandemic is being covered around the world, how this public health crisis is highlighting the crucial rule of local news, and more

Journalists and news organizations who are working in innovative ways to make climate coverage more personal, urgent, and engrossing

Pepper spray, tear gas, rubber bullets: The Hong Kong protests are also a fight for a free press

Covering domestic violence as an urgent social crisis, not a private family matter

Journalists at legacy and digital newsrooms respond to an industry in crisis with a new wave of organizing

Violence, political attacks, layoffs … and still doing vital work

Niemans on the 80 pieces of journalism that had the biggest impact on their own work

Innovative stations push to attract younger audiences

Questions the media should ask and recovery stories that need to be told

The issue facing journalism is not simply about preventing sexual harassment, but also about recognizing that this behavior is often part of a sexist and unequal work environment

If news organizations want to attract and retain millennial journalists, it’s essential that they work to better meet the needs of parents and create better work-life balance for all employees

Lack of equity and inclusivity among those who work behind the documentary camera remains an often overlooked problem

By setting a few ground rules, avoiding bias, and maintaining an unwavering commitment to getting the facts straight, journalists can reveal to the public the complexity of sexual assault cases

Journalists, historians, and academics explore the issues, challenges, and opportunities—from newsroom diversity to fake news to community news outlets—that will inform approaches going forward

As the Pulitzer Prize celebrates its centennial year, Nieman Reports takes a look at a century of Pulitzer journalism speaking truth to power, setting the tone for another 100 years of remarkable work

The press faces a genuine risk of being displaced from its role as a crucial source of insight and information for the electorate

How journalists are responding to this watershed period for transgender coverage

Photographers and writers have been embracing the photo sharing network Instagram as a platform for narrative storytelling

How algorithms are helping reporters expand coverage, engage audiences, and respond to breaking news

Reporters and editors discuss strategies for creating more inclusive newsrooms and how racially diverse staffs can improve coverage

Political cartooning after Charlie Hebdo

Mounting threats to correspondents put coverage at risk

Why we need more female newsroom leaders

Can educators connect the classroom to the newsroom?

How reporters are trying to work around China’s resurgent censorship, 25 years after Tiananmen

The stories of 75 Nieman Fellows, among them pioneers in biography, documentary filmmaking, and investigative journalism

Journalism and the future of crowdsourced reporting after the Boston Marathon bombings

The figures on newspaper critics (News flash: they’re not good) are one indication of the state of criticism today, but they are not the only one

Harvard’s master of innovation tutors a Nieman fellow on how media can succeed in the Internet age

How journalists today expose manipulations and find reliable voices in the crowd

Looking back what would they do differently? Six editors take a hard look at newspapers and what it will take for them to stay alive

How does a journalist make the journey to author? A variety of paths and potential pitfalls are here for you to learn from

Reporters burrow into forgotten files, locate witnesses, track down suspects, publish what they find—and write for us about their work that in some cases is resulting in justice finally being served

In digital space, journalists are proving to be a powerful force in creating, nurturing and engaging communities

Journalists describe the toll taken to tell stories about the corruption in their own backyards

Beats form the backbone of a newsroom, so what happens when resources shrink, new voices emerge and platforms multiply? Which topics stick around? What new beats emerge?

Foreign bureaus staffed by correspondents from a newspaper or broadcast network are now largely relics of a bygone era. As this 20th century model of reporting fades, fresh approaches to international reporting are evolving

Explore the emerging realms of digital territory where news and information reside—or will soon

Photojournalists write about emerging digital business strategies and their efforts to expand the reach of their photographs online and on gallery walls

Reporting in the aftermath of tragedy and violence, journalists discover what happens when people survive crippling moments of horror

Journalists describe changes in how they work and what they produce, explore emerging ethical issues, and propose principles of active engagement

Journalists — Iranians and Westerners — share their firsthand experiences as they write about the challenges they confront in gathering and distributing news and information about Iran and its people

At the crossroad of old journalism and new media, digital news entrepreneurs lead us on voyages of discovery into new media

In this time of accelerating change, how journalists do their work and what elements of journalism will survive this digital transformation loom as questions and concerns

In this third part of our 21st Century Muckrakers project, editors and reporters speak to how metro and regional newspapers are confronting the enormous challenges of today and offer clues to where this kind of reporting will likely be headed tomorrow

Politics and the new media

Who are they? How do they do their work?

We explore what local news reporting can look like and what a hometown focus can mean for journalists, newspapers, Web sites, and those who consume this news and information

The particular demands and difficulties posed by coverage of an ongoing news event with no end in sight.

The challenges journalists encounter in their coverage of Islam in the wake of 9/11

“Once I was angry that Afghanistan was no longer in the news. Now I feel sad that Afghanistan is back in the news.”

Journalists’ experiences in the digital era transport our vision forward, while our eye takes us on a visual voyage back to a time when newspapers wove communities together

Stories and images about the journey

Glimpses of such journalistic courage

When disaster strikes, the plight of the poor and marginalized becomes news, until interest wanes and the cycle prepares to repeat

The shift from journalists as gatekeepers to citizens as reporters has profound implications for news organizations that “might have completely underestimated the influence of this new medium.”

Native Americans and non-natives who tell stories about the lives of Indian peoples talk about their obligation to fairness and the skills they need to live up to this responsibility

Roads as News Stories

Does their religion help or hinder them professionally?