Articles

Alison MacAdam, NF ’14, helps NPR colleagues develop and share storytelling techniques

For 11 years, I worked somewhere famous.Now, I work somewhere virtually unknown.In January, I left “All Things Considered” (“ATC”)—seven months since my Nieman fellowship ended—to create a position at NPR’s…
May 19, 2015
Alison MacAdam
Richard Tofel on ProPublica's Mission-Driven Approach to Investigative Reporting

Richard Tofel on ProPublica’s Mission-Driven Approach to Investigative Reporting

The nonprofit investigative news organization's president discusses sustainable journalism, news partnerships, and measuring impact
May 14, 2015
Richard Tofel

Hooked on the Power of Sound

A public radio news director recounts his long history with audio storytelling, from the kitchen radio to the podcast feed
May 11, 2015
Gabe Bullard
Greg Marinovich, NF ’14, joins with fellow photographers to showcase more of the images they create

Greg Marinovich, NF ’14, joins with fellow photographers to showcase more of the images they create

A couple years ago, just as I was starting my Nieman year, the “War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath” exhibit curated by Anne Wilkes Tucker of the Museum…
May 4, 2015
Greg Marinovich
Cory Haik: “Digital demands all shapes and forms”

Cory Haik: “Digital demands all shapes and forms”

When Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013, it was easy to assume that the newspaper’s digital content would be getting an update. One of…
April 28, 2015

Masha Gessen: “We’ve been thinking about terrorism all wrong”

The 2004 Nieman Fellow discusses her new book about the Boston Marathon bombers, and how narratives can get in the way of facts
April 7, 2015
Tara W. Merrigan

It’s Only Money

Alissa Quart turns to poetry to comment on the commodification of modern life
March 25, 2015
Alissa Quart

At Harvard, a Reporter Finds Hard Lessons on Diversity in Education​

While advances in ethnic and racial diversity should be celebrated, newsrooms should also recognize the need for economic diversity
March 24, 2015
Denise-Marie Ordway

For Online Publications, Data Is News

Data-driven projects and news-based games should be presented as journalism, not frilly add-ons
March 24, 2015
Jake Batsell
Charlie Hebdo and Boko Haram: Parsing the Equivalency Debate

Charlie Hebdo and Boko Haram: Parsing the Equivalency Debate

Is it possible to place stories on some universal scale of import and assign coverage and empathy accordingly?
March 24, 2015
Ann Marie Lipinski