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Nieman Reports’ Top 5 Feature Stories of 2022

Nieman Reports’ Top 5 Feature Stories of 2022

As 2022 winds down, here are 5 feature stories from the past year we at Nieman Reports think are worth a (re)read
Nieman Reports' Most Read Stories of 2022

Nieman Reports’ Most Read Stories of 2022

As 2022 winds down, here are the top 10 most read stories from the past year
Nieman Reports’ Top 5 Interviews of 2022

Nieman Reports’ Top 5 Interviews of 2022

As 2022 winds down, here are 5 interviews from the past year we at Nieman Reports think are worth a (re)read
In Italy, Freelancer Collectives Are Producing Ambitious Investigations

In Italy, Freelancer Collectives Are Producing Ambitious Investigations

Freelance journalists in Italy are banding together to take on — and fund — ambitious investigative projects around the globe
An Overdue Generational Shift Is Changing How Journalists Manage Traumatic Stories

An Overdue Generational Shift Is Changing How Journalists Manage Traumatic Stories

The stoicism that reporters once mustered when covering tragedies is giving way to a new public candor
Putting Open-Source Methods Into Practice

Putting Open-Source Methods Into Practice

Here’s how three newsrooms combined open-source and traditional reporting techniques to launch ambitious investigations
Fighting Back Against SLAPP

Fighting Back Against SLAPP

How journalists are organizing to defeat strategic lawsuits against public participation, which powerful individuals use to silence independent reporting
"We Need a Language That Has Been Developed, Defined, and Codified by People Who Look Like Us”

“We Need a Language That Has Been Developed, Defined, and Codified by People Who Look Like Us”

Deborah Douglas and Susanna Siegel on re-defining objectivity, advocacy journalism, and newsroom power dynamics
Launching a Legal Defense Fund for Journalists

Launching a Legal Defense Fund for Journalists

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project has established Reporters Shield to protect news organizations from harassing lawsuits
Newsrooms and Twitter: Focus Less on Elon Musk and More on Your Audience

Newsrooms and Twitter: Focus Less on Elon Musk and More on Your Audience

Stay the course, but give your followers the chance to find you on other platforms