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From Harvard to Hollywood, the improbable journey of “Spotlight” from Boston Globe investigation to Oscar-nominated film

From Harvard to Hollywood, the improbable journey of “Spotlight” from Boston Globe investigation to Oscar-nominated film

The Globe’s Walter V. Robinson: “None of us thought that how we made the sausage really was interesting at all”
February 25, 2016
Eryn Carlson
Gabriel Dance of The Marshall Project: "We don't care where you see our content"

Gabriel Dance of The Marshall Project: “We don’t care where you see our content”

The Marshall Project’s managing editor on the imperative of platform-specific stories, the supremacy of video, and why he likes to work with Collaborators
February 16, 2016
Gabriel Dance
Bringing Native American Stories to a National Audience

Bringing Native American Stories to a National Audience

Journalists must move past stereotypes to forge deeper connections with an underrepresented population
February 11, 2016
Jon Marcus
Finbarr O'Reilly, NF '13, collaborates with a Marine to drive conversation about war's aftermath

Finbarr O’Reilly, NF ’13, collaborates with a Marine to drive conversation about war’s aftermath

When I met Sgt. Thomas James Brennan at a remote combat outpost in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province in 2010, I was an embedded Reuters photographer and he was the leader of…
February 5, 2016
Finbarr O'Reilly
The Guardian's Lee Glendinning: "Publishing is not the end of the story"

The Guardian’s Lee Glendinning: “Publishing is not the end of the story”

The editor of The Guardian US and two reporters who worked on its database of police killings discuss collaborating with the public and bringing fresh eyes to American news
January 29, 2016
Face to face with a wounded man, Beauregard Tromp, NF ’13, casts off his role as observer and finds a deeper connection

Face to face with a wounded man, Beauregard Tromp, NF ’13, casts off his role as observer and finds a deeper connection

He’s dead. We can’t take him,” the hospital porter said. “Brother! Brother! Wake up brother! Wake up!” I willed the man in the scarlet shirt, sitting lifeless in the bloodied…
January 29, 2016
Beauregard Tromp
The State-by-State Approach to Getting National Data With FOIA

The State-by-State Approach to Getting National Data With FOIA

When an investigation into military equipment distributed to police departments stalled at the national level, going local helped free the data
January 14, 2016
Shawn Musgrave
What Nicki Minaj Can Teach Newsrooms About Credibility

What Nicki Minaj Can Teach Newsrooms About Credibility

One profile brings to light many issues challenging journalism, including diversity, authenticity, and cross-generational competence
January 12, 2016
Ann Marie Lipinski
Johanna van Eeden, NF ’15, directs a South African news platform built to keep up with the speed of news

Johanna van Eeden, NF ’15, directs a South African news platform built to keep up with the speed of news

December 3, 2015. We all knew it was going to be a busy day in the newsroom. The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein, South Africa, was to rule on whether…
January 12, 2016
Johanna van Eeden

Raquel Rutledge, NF ’12, and her colleagues at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigated unfair property tax assessments—and worked to engage readers

Coefficients of dispersion. Chasing the sale. Maintenance years.Three things I knew almost nothing about when I got a tip from a software engineer that something was gravely wrong with the…
January 12, 2016
Raquel Rutledge