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From The Chicago Defender to Ebony, many prominent Black media outlets have called Chicago home. The buildings the Black press occupied in the city helped establish their identities as outlets…

A new book offers in-depth interviews with eight people committed to free press, including a lawyer behind the Pentagon Papers case

Bethany Mollenkof, photojournalist and 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellow, on photographing the devastation the coronavirus is bringing to Southern and rural Black communities: “When I am creating portraits of someone, I…

Journalists are responding to consolidation and ongoing revenue challenges by joining the unionization wave

After years of declining coverage, more newsrooms are making workplace safety, unionization, and remote work front-page stories

I am happy to report that my chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), an extremely rare autoimmune disease that attacks my nerve linings and for a time put me in a…

Researchers say there are tangible costs when a community loses its newspaper. The question is, do we want to pay now or pay later?

As 2021 winds down, here are 5 interviews from the past year we at Nieman Reports think are worth a (re)read

As 2021 winds down, here are 5 opinion pieces from the past year we at Nieman Reports think are worth a (re)read

As 2021 winds down, here are 5 feature stories from the past year we at Nieman Reports think are worth a (re)read