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Protest Photography Can Be a Powerful Tool For and Against Black Lives Matter

Protest Photography Can Be a Powerful Tool For and Against Black Lives Matter

If photojournalism wants to draw attention to social injustice, it must also look at the unintended harm photography can cause
July 13, 2020
Christina Aushana
Drew Pearson vs. Joe McCarthy: The Unmaking of the Modern American Demagogue

Drew Pearson vs. Joe McCarthy: The Unmaking of the Modern American Demagogue

In "Demagogue," his biography of Joe McCarthy, Larry Tye reveals journalist Drew Pearson’s role in taking on and bringing down the infamous senator from Wisconsin
July 9, 2020
Larry Tye
Reimagining Latinx Representation in American Journalism 

Reimagining Latinx Representation in American Journalism 

I belong to a privileged group of journalists whose identities as Latinxs have always been an asset. Where the relationship between the newsroom and audience is unique.Before joining our digital news…
July 1, 2020
Selymar Colón
Changes at VOA Threaten the Free Press — At Home and Abroad

Changes at VOA Threaten the Free Press — At Home and Abroad

Many news consumers in the United States may have no idea that some of the world’s best reporting on what is happening in authoritarian societies and fragile democracies comes from…
June 29, 2020
Michael J. Abramowitz
Will This Racial Reckoning Finally Force Newsrooms to Listen to Every Staffer’s Voice?

Will This Racial Reckoning Finally Force Newsrooms to Listen to Every Staffer’s Voice?

I’ll never forget the day the publisher spotted me as I was returning to my desk after lunch. She dressed me down in the middle of the newsroom, with more…
June 19, 2020
Issac J. Bailey
Refugee Journalists Bring Access to Stories that Would Otherwise Be Missed

Refugee Journalists Bring Access to Stories that Would Otherwise Be Missed

“Diversity is not about political correctness, it’s about the quality of media”
June 18, 2020
Charlotte Alfred
A Journalist Wrestles with the Complex History of Racism in America

A Journalist Wrestles with the Complex History of Racism in America

Issac J. Bailey, a 2014 Nieman Fellow, is a journalist, author, and race relations seminar creator and facilitator. Here he shares an experience that forced him to take…
June 15, 2020
Issac J. Bailey
Is More Speech the Way to Counter Bad Speech?

Is More Speech the Way to Counter Bad Speech?

On May 29, I watched in disbelief as the police handcuffed a CNN crew while broadcasting live from Minneapolis in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. The appalling violation of…
June 12, 2020
Mattia Ferraresi
Countries Locking Up Journalists May Have a New Slogan: “It Happens in America, Too”

Countries Locking Up Journalists May Have a New Slogan: “It Happens in America, Too”

preI thought I’d grown accustomed to daily attacks on the press. Being a journalist in Serbia often means you spend more time fending off pressure from politicians than doing your…
June 11, 2020
Vladimir Radomirovic
With Press Freedom in Sharp Decline, a Russian Journalist Turns to Political Activism

With Press Freedom in Sharp Decline, a Russian Journalist Turns to Political Activism

On May 28, Ilya Azar, 35, a Novaya Gazeta journalist and activist, was arrested near the entrance to Moscow’s police department, where he was picketing, holding a small placard. On…
June 8, 2020
Pavel Kanygin