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Megan O’Grady, NF ’12

Megan O’Grady, NF ’12

When I met Brit Bennett, in 2016, it was to discuss her first novel, “The Mothers,” a Baldwin-inspired tale of the friendship between two Southern California girls growing up amid…
Phillip Martin, NF ’98

Phillip Martin, NF ’98

The late Danny Schechter’s examination of apartheid-era South Africa shaped my path from radio intern in the 1970s to senior investigative reporter at WGBH in Boston exploring social injustice. Schechter,…

Nicholas Quah, NF ’17

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]“What a Fraternity Hazing Death Revealed About the Painful Search for an Asian-American Identity” was the article that…

Alisa Sopova, NF ’17

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]When I think about what influenced me as a journalist, a classic example of excellent Russian journalism—which is,…
Wonbo Woo, NF ’16

Wonbo Woo, NF ’16

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]Robert Krulwich is best known today as the co-host of NPR’s “Radiolab.” But before launching the pioneering podcast…
Maciek Nabrdalik, NF ’17

Maciek Nabrdalik, NF ’17

In the summer of 2015 while I was in Greece documenting the refugee crisis I had a disturbing encounter with another photojournalist. He said he doesn’t like it when refugees…
Johanna van Eeden, NF ’15

Johanna van Eeden, NF ’15

It is April 1994. I’m a final year student at a university in South Africa—on the threshold of a career in journalism. It is eerily quiet on campus. Most of…
Dina Temple-Raston, NF ’14

Dina Temple-Raston, NF ’14

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]You don’t find books; books find you. That’s what essayist Joseph Epstein told us in our writing classes…
Stuart Watson, NF ’08

Stuart Watson, NF ’08

When I was just a kid growing up in Albany, Georgia, I pulled down from my dad’s bookcases a coffee-table book published by Life magazine. On page 460 in “The…

Gary Knight, NF ’10

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]“Vietnam Inc.” changed the way I looked at what photojournalism could be. It had a point of view,…