Articles

Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

Every year the Nieman Foundation awards a portfolio of prizes. The winners of three major awards were celebrated this spring.

Summer 2012: Class Notes

1942Thomas Sancton, a Southern journalist who wrote articles in the 1940s advocating for racial justice, died at a nursing home in New Orleans on April 6th. He was 97.Read his…

Be Careful Who You Quote

Some nonprofits that claim to supply expert opinions are set up by spin doctors to further corporate agendas.
Taylor Award for Fairness (Extended Interview)

Taylor Award for Fairness (Extended Interview)

When J. Andrew Curliss investigated a district attorney, she attacked his work and his paper. Photo by Lisa Abitbol.To say that the subject of reporter J. Andrew Curliss’s three-part series…

Facts and Friction

Verifying information has always been central to the work of journalists. These days the task has taken on a new level of complexity due to the volume of videos, photos,…

A New Age for Truth

‘Never has it been so easy to expose an error, check a fact, crowdsource and bring technology to bear in service of verification.’

Secrets and Lies

Investigating a famed Polish journalist

Chaos Theory

An online pioneer challenges media companies to think differently.

Taking on the Rumor Mill

In the wake of a tornado, The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News moved swiftly to sort fact from fiction.

The Fight of His Life

Ed Kennedy paid a high price for spreading news of the war’s end.