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Gene Roberts, NF ’62

Gene Roberts, NF ’62

Roberts worked as a reporter in North Carolina before becoming the chief Southern and civil rights correspondent for The New York Times after his Nieman year. He is co-author of…
1978: Lippmann House

1978: Lippmann House

"Room just to hang out"

Models of Great Coverage

Though The New York Times lacks a beat reporter and covers the issue of mass incarceration sporadically at best, those three pieces by Tierney in early 2013 addressed two key…

How to Keep Sources Secure from Surveillance

In an encrypted Q&A with The New York Times Magazine, National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden warned that journalists have been slow to properly respond to the threat of government…
Ellen Goodman, Patricia O'Brien, NF ’74

Ellen Goodman, Patricia O’Brien, NF ’74

Through her syndicated column, Goodman brought her feminist concerns to newspapers across the nation. O’Brien, a longtime political reporter, drew on her old beat when she started writing novels Until…

Harvard Meets the Press

From the Nieman Foundation's 50th Anniversary: A Personal Account of the Early Nieman Years
1989: The Hawk

1989: The Hawk

“Oh! The Maltese Falcon”
1974: Soundings

1974: Soundings

“What led you to where you are now?”
2008: Nieman Lab

2008: Nieman Lab

"Journalism innovation"

1939: The Curator

"You're a curator"