Articles

“The End is Inevitable, But Not Predictable”

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and former New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis, NF ’57, remembers Stanley Karnow, NF ’58
March 12, 2013
Anthony Lewis

“Get This Boy in Our Stable”

Dan Wakefield, NF ’64, edited and annotated the recently published “Kurt Vonnegut: Letters.” Here he reflects on first meeting Vonnegut during his Nieman year and the impact the resulting friendship…
March 12, 2013
Dan Wakefield

Waiting it Out in Kings Tavern

Dave McNeely, NF ’76, on the Emmy Award-winning Larry L. King, NF ’70, co-writer of the hit Broadway musical “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”
March 12, 2013
Dave McNeely

Control Information, Control Souls

Yu Gao, deputy managing editor of Caixin Media and affiliate of 2013 Nieman Fellow Jin Deng, on how Chinese media censorship works
March 12, 2013
Yu Gao

Identity and Integrity

Should a reporter ever be off duty?
March 12, 2013
Yaakov Katz

Can’t Live with ’em, Can’t Live without ’em

How big telecoms firms put a chokehold on America’s communication pipelines—and what should be done about it
March 12, 2013
Dan Froomkin

Tricks of the Trade

Undercover reporting fell out of favor in the 1970s but is it worth another look?
March 12, 2013
Philip Meyer

Southern Exposure

How three Niemans drove coverage of the civil rights movement
March 12, 2013
Gene Roberts

What We Talk About When We Talk About War

War correspondent Kevin Sites explores what happens to veterans who have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq
March 12, 2013
Christina Lamb

It Can’t Happen Here

Why is there so little coverage of Americans who are struggling with poverty?
March 12, 2013
Dan Froomkin