Click to enlarge. Image courtesy of the Newseum As the Boston Marathon bombing story continued to develop over the weekend, Nieman Fellows reported on the events, offering perspective from around … Read more
Using his Massively Parallel Database (MaPD), MIT researcher Todd Mostak was able to visualize how quickly news of the Boston Marathon bombings spread on Twitter. His system can … Read more
Marcela Turati tried to hide her tears, but the rainy season was still weeks away and teardrops were hard to disguise. As I approached her, she quickly turned her face, trying to hide her pain. But it was too … Read more
Sandy Close, recipient of the 2012 I.F. Stone Medal, has made a career out of helping ethnic communities and the dispossessed tell their own stories Read more
Close asked Mark O’Brien, confined to an iron lung, to write about sex and disability. A documentary she co-produced about him won an Oscar. Photo by Paul Sakuma/The Associated Press. RELATED ARTICLE … Read more
