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[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]My ninth-grade civics and American history teacher Miss Keister gave me “Winners and Losers” by Gloria Emerson, among…

I still remember where I was when I heard this story. It was night. I was driving alone—the best time to listen to the radio.[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman…

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]“Up Front” is a collection of Bill Mauldin’s World War II cartoons featuring Willie and Joe, a pair…

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]Growing up in Nepal under the autocratic monarchy I did not know that journalists could tell stories about…

My appreciation for the long-form photographic essay began with work published in Life magazine. A number of photo essays captured my attention. Two by legendary Life photographer W. Eugene Smith…

I first read Jeffrey Fleishman’s 2007 article about poor roof dwellers in Cairo nearly 10 years after he wrote it, while I was teaching a course at the American University…

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]By any measure, we are living through a golden age of journalism and the impact is palpable. But…

Literature was my first love, but journalism fulfilled a purpose—the chance to right wrongs. I became aware of the visual power of television and the spoken word. I was influenced…

[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…

“1920 Diary” by Isaac Babel has resonated with me for many years. Babel was a Russian-born journalist and writer of Jewish descent. At age 26 he was embedded with the…