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The 2004 Nieman Fellow discusses her new book about the Boston Marathon bombers, and how narratives can get in the way of facts

Alissa Quart turns to poetry to comment on the commodification of modern life

While advances in ethnic and racial diversity should be celebrated, newsrooms should also recognize the need for economic diversity

Data-driven projects and news-based games should be presented as journalism, not frilly add-ons

Is it possible to place stories on some universal scale of import and assign coverage and empathy accordingly?

In Mexico City, where street harassment is notoriously aggressive, degrading catcalls are hurled at women on buses, sidewalks, and in their daily commutes.Last fall Fusion embarked on a project to…

From the very beginning—the scrolls of maps marked with every police station, hospital, and border patrol outpost; the long discussions about satellite phones and kidnapping insurance; the phone call with…

Over the five months that I have been editor of IndiaSpend, a data-driven website that focuses on public interest journalism, our social media following has increased by about 600 percent, albeit…

The Quartz publisher on his global business website's branding efforts, the potential of messaging apps, and more

"Egypt's Jon Stewart" on the enduring role of satire in free—and not-so-free—societies