Articles

Four Lessons from Buying and Running the Outer Banks Sentinel

“You own everything about the paper—from its reputation to the safety of its customers who buy it ”
March 18, 2015
Mark Jurkowitz
Local Weeklies Are Covering the Communities Big Dailies Ignore

Local Weeklies Are Covering the Communities Big Dailies Ignore

Whether bound by geography or interest, communities need strong newspapers
March 18, 2015
Barbara Selvin
In the Balkans, Whistle-Blowing News Outlets Struggle to Survive

In the Balkans, Whistle-Blowing News Outlets Struggle to Survive

From shady deals for government advertising to journalists choosing self-censorship, it's not easy running a publication in the former Yugoslavia
March 17, 2015
Vladimir Radomirovic
What Reporters Need to Know About Covering Net Neutrality

What Reporters Need to Know About Covering Net Neutrality

With news audiences moving online, journalists have a vested interest in coverage of this complicated topic
March 16, 2015
Michael Fitzgerald

Report highlights threats to documentary filmmakers

A new report on the threats documentary filmmakers face when they challenge powerful interests recommends steps filmmakers can take to protect themselves and their work. “Dangerous Documentaries: Reducing Risk when…
February 19, 2015
Laura Mitchell

Guy Raz on how David Carr helped him get a start in journalism

NPR’s Guy Raz, a 2009 Nieman Fellow, offered a reminiscence of New York Times media reporter David Carr, who died Feb. 12: In 1998, I got my first break in…
February 13, 2015
Guy Raz
Remembering Alice Dunnigan, a Pioneering Black Journalist

Remembering Alice Dunnigan, a Pioneering Black Journalist

In the 1950s, she was the first reporter at presidential press conferences to question Dwight D. Eisenhower about civil rights issues
February 6, 2015
Simeon Booker

‘Je Suis Juif’: What the Paris Terror Attacks Mean for French Jews

The rallies that followed the recent terror attacks in Paris brought together various segments of French society, including journalists and others who firmly believe in freedom of expression as well…
January 26, 2015
Telling the Story of 'Normal' Iran

Telling the Story of ‘Normal’ Iran

Iranian journalist Nazila Fathi was a correspondent for The New York Times at the time of the uprisings in Tehran in 2009. Fearing her life was in danger, she hurriedly…
January 16, 2015

To honor Molly Ivins, journalists turn to playwriting

Almost immediately after the sharp-witted columnist Molly Ivins died in 2007, two fans, Margaret and Allison Engel, twin sisters and journalists, vowed to keep her spirit alive. They wrote a…
January 12, 2015