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China’s Propaganda Department: New Restrictions on the Press

On January 5, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported on the annual meeting of the media propaganda ministers. A few weeks later, China Media Project editor David Bandurski wrote on…

Global Investigative Journalism Conference Kiev, Ukraine, October 2011

RELATED ARTICLE“An Idea Born Out of Necessity—And It Works!”– Henrik KaufholzThe Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC), which now attracts more than 500 journalists from more than 50 countries, has been…

British Libel Law: Its Ripple Effect on Journalists Worldwide

Germany’s Duke of Brunswick was an overweight, autocratic paranoiac who was kicked out of his fiefdom by a peasant uprising.RELATED ARTICLE“Libel Laws Pose Obstacles to Ukraine’s Investigative Journalists”– Vlad LavrovA…

Resources for Investigative Reporters

An index of organizations featured in this issue of Nieman Reports.

It’s Scary Out There in Reporting Land

‘Beats are fundamental to journalism, but our foundation is crumbling.’

It’s Expertise That Matters

‘The next wave of journalistic progress will channel its power from the underlying principle of the reporter’s beat …’

Measuring Progress: Women as Journalists

In ‘The Edge of Change’ the perspective is forward-looking, even if many of the challenging issues of the past endure for female reporters and editors.

Modern-Day Slavery: A Necessary Beat—With Different Challenges

The nonprofit Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism is dedicating a gift of funding to support a reporter’s effort to gather and tell these stories.

Returning Home to Sri Lanka to Face Difficult And Delicate Questions in Perilous Times

‘In the capital’s cafés and elegant drawing rooms open criticism of the state was soundly rejected on the funny logic that war must be won at all costs.’
Visual Stories of Human Trafficking’s Victims

Visual Stories of Human Trafficking’s Victims

An Essay in Words and Photographs