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Yvonne van der Heijden, NF ’86

Yvonne van der Heijden, NF ’86

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]The work that made a difference to me as a new journalist is “Der Aufmacher: Der Mann, der…
Robert Socha, NF ’17

Robert Socha, NF ’17

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]“1920 Diary” by Isaac Babel has resonated with me for many years. Babel was a Russian-born journalist and…
Katherine Fulton, NF ’93

Katherine Fulton, NF ’93

Nieman 80 More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them I have often been inspired by beautifully reported and written narrative histories that bring the “deeper news” to life.…
Michael Fitzgerald, NF ’11

Michael Fitzgerald, NF ’11

I discovered Dorothy Thompson when I needed something from the 1930s to fill out a class I was teaching on narrative reporting. Her reports on the rise of Hitler were…

Michelle Boorstein, NF ’17

I read “Next of Kin” in 2002 and it changed my sense of what is possible in journalism. After reading it, I became a fanatic follower and student of David…
Joshua Prager, NF ’11

Joshua Prager, NF ’11

The New York Times critic A.O. Scott once observed that great novels often “blend private destinies with public events.” So too with great nonfiction; it was the private sufferings of…
Jeneé Osterheldt, NF ’17

Jeneé Osterheldt, NF ’17

It was all a dream. I used to read Word Up! Magazine. And The Source, Vibe, and XXL.[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]I…
Bruce Stannard, NF ’83

Bruce Stannard, NF ’83

The America’s Cup in the summer of 1983 was not only the longest and most intensive assignment of my career—one that went on day and night for four months—but it…

Nancy Webb, NF ’84

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]Growing up, I craved a more significant existence than seemed available in rural Kentucky. Climbing the ladder as…
Gabe Bullard, NF ’15

Gabe Bullard, NF ’15

Sometime around the point when “Saturday Night Live” did a parody of “Serial,” a joke passed among audio producers that “Serial” invented podcasts. It didn’t, of course, but in a…