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Domestic Violence in Chile: Calling Out Femicide

Domestic Violence in Chile: Calling Out Femicide

Translated by Dick Cluster. Leer en español.There are no crimes in Chile more violent than the ones committed against women.In the country with the fewest homicides in Latin America, and…
August 21, 2019
Paula Molina
“If You Want to Save Democracy, You First Must Save Yourself”

“If You Want to Save Democracy, You First Must Save Yourself”

In their press freedom ranking of 180 countries, Reporters Without Borders this year named Norway its valedictorian. So free is the country from censorship, political pressure, or violence against journalists,…
August 19, 2019
Ann Marie Lipinski
How Trans Journalists are Challenging—and Changing—Journalism

How Trans Journalists are Challenging—and Changing—Journalism

Kate Sosin and Nico Lang landed in Anchorage in March 2018 and got into a Lyft to their hotel. The Lyft driver asked what the pair was doing in town.“I…
August 15, 2019
Lewis Raven Wallace

Political Polarization and the Press

Nieman Foundation deputy curator James Geary delivered this talk to the Samsung Press Foundation in Seoul earlier this summer.I would like to talk to you tonight about football, American football,…
August 14, 2019
James Geary
“When you see me on the news, you’ll know who I am”

“When you see me on the news, you’ll know who I am”

When a gunman killed 51 people and injured dozens more at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in March, the official response was swift. Restrictions were imposed on military-style semiautomatic…
July 30, 2019
Jon Marcus
Mueller’s Testimony: Journalists Allow "Optics" to Triumph Over Substance

Mueller’s Testimony: Journalists Allow “Optics” to Triumph Over Substance

The optics were flawless. The best Hollywood screenwriters and directors could not have produced a better performance. There he was, a black Republican, a decorated war hero and general, a…
July 29, 2019
Issac J. Bailey
Watching "the true saga of the climate crisis unfold" in global communities big and small

Watching “the true saga of the climate crisis unfold” in global communities big and small

John Sutter, NF '19, seeks to make a multi-generational climate change documentary
July 22, 2019
After 32 Years, Free at Last: Investigative journalism students taught by Jenifer McKim, NF ’08, play a key role in overturning a conviction

After 32 Years, Free at Last: Investigative journalism students taught by Jenifer McKim, NF ’08, play a key role in overturning a conviction

About five years ago, I received an unusual proposal.A convicted murderer contacted me to say he wanted to write for the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, the nonprofit news…
July 18, 2019
Jenifer McKim
Trump’s “Go Back” Tweet: This Is What Racism Looks Like

Trump’s “Go Back” Tweet: This Is What Racism Looks Like

White racism flourishes in the United States in America for a variety of reasons. Its historical roots stretch back hundreds of years, to even before there was officially a USA.…
July 17, 2019
Issac J. Bailey
Branching Out: With a podcast, Dina Kraft, NF ’12, taps her inner audio reporter to tell stories of friendship and connection between Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Arabs

Branching Out: With a podcast, Dina Kraft, NF ’12, taps her inner audio reporter to tell stories of friendship and connection between Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Arabs

I had long been a print reporter with a serious crush on audio. But until the opportunity to host a podcast fell in my lap, becoming someone who was lucky…
July 16, 2019
Dina Kraft