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Three Nieman Visiting Fellows undertake diverse short-term projects during 2013

1962Sebastiaan Kleu, a South African editor and economist, died of heart failure on October 11th. He was 85.Kleu began his career in journalism on the editorial board of the Afrikaans-language…

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

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…

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”

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

Should a reporter ever be off duty?

How big telecoms firms put a chokehold on America’s communication pipelines—and what should be done about it

Undercover reporting fell out of favor in the 1970s but is it worth another look?

How three Niemans drove coverage of the civil rights movement