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Providing Better Narratives About Africa For—and by—Africans

Providing Better Narratives About Africa For—and by—Africans

Hannane Ferdjani, NF ’20, launched her program “Beyond the Noise” to report on the pandemic’s impact on AfricaProviding better narratives about Africa — it’s been my journalism quest since I…
Photographing Grief during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Photographing Grief during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Lisa Krantz, a 2020 Nieman Fellow, on covering the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on her community as a photographer for the San Antonio Express-News:“I met this family at a prayer vigil…
Journalists Need to Create a Sense of Belonging

Journalists Need to Create a Sense of Belonging

Progress on racial equity starts with a steadfast commitment to constant newsroom evolution
Avoiding “Vaccine Nationalism” and Other Perspectives on Covid from Dr. Ashish Jha

Avoiding “Vaccine Nationalism” and Other Perspectives on Covid from Dr. Ashish Jha

In January, shortly after the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern, Dr. Ashish Jha, an expert on pandemic preparedness and response, felt confident the U.S.…
Newsrooms Need a Plan to Diversify Investigative Teams, Too

Newsrooms Need a Plan to Diversify Investigative Teams, Too

Having a variety of backgrounds on investigative teams is key to accountability journalism
Journalism Must Be an Act of Community-Building

Journalism Must Be an Act of Community-Building

Building better news systems through collective power, shared trust, and radical imagination
Journalists Can Help People Tell Their Own Stories by Talking Less, Listening More

Journalists Can Help People Tell Their Own Stories by Talking Less, Listening More

“Our role is facilitator instead of interpreter, catalyst instead of judge”
Newsrooms Should Make Space for Emotions

Newsrooms Should Make Space for Emotions

Fostering more empathetic, honest, and grounded newsrooms will produce deeper storytelling
Bob Woodward and the Ethics of the Presidential Scoop

Bob Woodward and the Ethics of the Presidential Scoop

Bob Woodward made the wrong choice. He should have alerted the public that Donald Trump, the president of the United States, was lying about the coronavirus. He was in a…
Before You Can Fix Your Newsroom, You Need to Fix Your Life

Before You Can Fix Your Newsroom, You Need to Fix Your Life

“Those bookshelves in your Zoom backdrop should overflow with literature that challenges your world view”