Nieman Notes

The Watchdog Journalism Project Moves to the Web

By Barry Sussman• Nieman Notes• December 15, 2003

‘We want to cajole, encourage, prod, stroke and, in the end, help create a sense of urgency and obligation to higher reporting standards.’ Read more

A Nieman Visit to Cuba

By David Dahl• Nieman Notes• September 15, 2003

The fellows discovered risk-takers who ‘live with a wink, a fiction, and perhaps a few bribes.’ Read more

‘Sister in the Band of Brothers’

By Katherine M. Skiba• Nieman Notes• September 15, 2003

A reporter accompanies the 101st Airborne during the Iraq War and turns the experience into a book. Read more

Photographer Gordon Parks Turns 90

By Lester Sloan• Nieman Notes• June 15, 2003

‘Gordon is our lamplighter, and I love him for that.’ Read more

‘News to Images’

By Lois Fiore• Nieman Notes• March 15, 2003

Painter Melora Kuhn first saw a photograph of Canada’s Dionne quintuplets in The Boston Globe in 1998 in an article about their success suing their government because of the separation from their parents while they were young children. The article … Read more

Courageous Zimbabwean Editor Becomes a Nieman Fellow

By Shyaka Kanuma• Nieman Notes• March 15, 2003

‘Like a recurring nightmare, Nyarota became a frequent occupant of Harare’s police cells.’ Read more

The Maynard Institute: 25 Years and 2,000 Journalists Later

By Bryan Monroe• Nieman Notes• December 15, 2002

Its innovative training programs shape the careers of many minority journalists. Read more

Celebrating a Journalist’s Life

By Madeleine Blais• Nieman Notes• September 15, 2002

Richard Harwood’s family donates his books to the Kovach Library. Read more

Nieman Curator James C. Thomson, Jr., 1931-2002

Nieman Notes• September 15, 2002

James Thomson, Curator of the Nieman Foundation from 1972-1984, died on August 11 of cardiac arrest after a brief illness. He was 70. What follows are words contributed by Niemans who knew him well … Read more

Dwight Emerson Sargent: A Remembrance

By Ray Jenkins• Nieman Notes• June 15, 2002

Nieman Curator from 1964 to 1973, he died on April 4 at the age of 85. Read more