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As Legacy News Outlets Retreat, Who Will Be There to Report on the World?

As Legacy News Outlets Retreat, Who Will Be There to Report on the World?

In October, as Ebola raged out of control and unsettled much of the world, I began making plans for a reporting trip to West Africa. I had covered a minor…
Amplifying Women's Voices Online

Amplifying Women’s Voices Online

Flashback one week: It’s December 3. I’m watching three commentators lead their communities in discussing a grand jury’s decision not to indict police officers in the death of a man…
Lorie Conway, NF ’94, tells the story of Beatrice Mtetwa, defender of justice

Lorie Conway, NF ’94, tells the story of Beatrice Mtetwa, defender of justice

Human rights lawyer Mtetwa continues to speak out despite being arrested and imprisonedA film about Beatrice Mtetwa, the internationally known, hard-charging human rights lawyer in Zimbabwe, was a natural.What was…
5 Questions for Jonathan Zittrain

5 Questions for Jonathan Zittrain

Jonathan Zittrain is a professor of law and computer science at Harvard who examines issues of privacy and fairness in the digital world. He is co-founder of Harvard’s Berkman Center…
Ben Bradlee: Good Owners Make Good Editors

Ben Bradlee: Good Owners Make Good Editors

Benjamin C. Bradlee, the legendary Washington Post editor who died October 21, was known for his eloquence, sharp wit, and speaking truth to power. These qualities are evident in the…
5 Questions for NPR Correspondent Deborah Amos

5 Questions for NPR Correspondent Deborah Amos

Deborah Amos has been reporting from war zones and sharing the stories of those affected by conflict since 1982. An international correspondent for NPR, she recently returned from covering the…
History Lessons: Why Germany's "Google tax" won't work

History Lessons: Why Germany’s “Google tax” won’t work

German publishers are hitting the headlines all over the world with their fight against Google. The Economist has described Germany’s attitude as “Googlephobia” and The New York Times recently compared…
Harvard’s House of Blues

Harvard’s House of Blues

Legendary blues guitarist B.B. King told Nieman Fellows about his hardscrabble beginnings and played for them one afternoon at Lippmann House back in the fall of 1980. That visit came…
Bistra Lankova, NF ’80, 1944 - 1988

Bistra Lankova, NF ’80, 1944 – 1988

The story of B.B. King at Lippmann House would not be complete without more information about Bistra’s background: Bistra Lankova was a producer with the film department of Bulgarian National…
5 Questions for Jill Abramson, former editor of The New York Times

5 Questions for Jill Abramson, former editor of The New York Times

Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson is currently teaching narrative nonfiction at Harvard, where she received her undergraduate degree in 1976. She was an investigative reporter and deputy…