Vidya Krishnan, NF ’21, on writing her debut non-fiction book “Phantom Plague” Dec. 20, 2016, was one of those winter mornings in New Delhi, India when everything was enveloped in the thick smog of chronic air pollution. On that … Read more
Through intergenerational conversations, 2021 visiting fellow Anjuli Sastry Krbechek highlights how immigrant communities of color grapple with their own identities When I first came up with the idea for “Where We Come From,” I was trying to tell a … Read more
David Heath, NF ’06, kept digging until he found the scientists behind the mRNA research In the pandemic’s early days, I tried to persuade Moderna’s press handlers to give me a behind-the-scenes look at how the Covid-19 vaccine was being … Read more
Jason Rezaian, NF ’17, wanted to tell the story of his release from an Iranian prison from multiple perspectives In early fall, Spotify released a podcast series I’ve been working on since just before the start of the pandemic. “544 … Read more
Tennessee Watson, NF ’20, on trying to answer the question: Why do American policymakers continue to invest in incarcerating children? The United States incarcerates kids at substantially higher rates than most other countries. That’s despite decades of research saying supportive … Read more
How conversations over coffee helped Sipho Kings, NF ’18, create The Continent, a weekly that has grown its audience to 15,000 subscribers in 105 countries A good coffee can help you solve the woes of journalism. That’s what Simon … Read more
András Pethő, a 2020 Nieman Fellow, tells a complex story on corruption within the administration of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to a general audience. I knew we were in trouble when even I could not remember details from our … Read more
Jasmine Brown, a 2020 Nieman Fellow and a 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellow, on maintaining her faith in journalism through the struggles of the past year. One of my primary beliefs as a journalist is that I work to shed light … Read more
Shaheen Pasha, a 2018 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow, on starting the Prison Journalism Project and training incarcerated writers to tell stories about their prison community. The first thing I noticed was the dirty plexiglass as I entered the visiting room … Read more
Rania Abouzeid, a 2020 Nieman Fellow, on adapting her book on the Syrian Civil War for a young audience through “Sisters of the War: Two Remarkable True Stories of Survival and Hope in Syria.” I’d never thought about writing for … Read more