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What Reporters Need to Know About Covering Net Neutrality

What Reporters Need to Know About Covering Net Neutrality

Imagine that the water in your home runs more slowly in the morning, when you most need it. Cooking, drinking, showering, and watering the garden are all possible, but they…

Report highlights threats to documentary filmmakers

A new report on the threats documentary filmmakers face when they challenge powerful interests recommends steps filmmakers can take to protect themselves and their work. “Dangerous Documentaries: Reducing Risk when…

Guy Raz on how David Carr helped him get a start in journalism

NPR’s Guy Raz, a 2009 Nieman Fellow, offered a reminiscence of New York Times media reporter David Carr, who died Feb. 12: In 1998, I got my first break in…
Remembering Alice Dunnigan, a Pioneering Black Journalist

Remembering Alice Dunnigan, a Pioneering Black Journalist

By Simeon Booker, NF ’51“Mr. President!” “Mr. President!” “Mr. President!” Associated Negro Press correspondent Alice Dunnigan might as well have been invisible during President Dwight D. Eisenhower weekly news conferences…

‘Je Suis Juif’: What the Paris Terror Attacks Mean for French Jews

The rallies that followed the recent terror attacks in Paris brought together various segments of French society, including journalists and others who firmly believe in freedom of expression as well…
Telling the Story of 'Normal' Iran

Telling the Story of ‘Normal’ Iran

Iranian journalist Nazila Fathi was a correspondent for The New York Times at the time of the uprisings in Tehran in 2009. Fearing her life was in danger, she hurriedly…

To honor Molly Ivins, journalists turn to playwriting

Almost immediately after the sharp-witted columnist Molly Ivins died in 2007, two fans, Margaret and Allison Engel, twin sisters and journalists, vowed to keep her spirit alive. They wrote a…
What Charlie Hebdo Means to France

What Charlie Hebdo Means to France

A 2011 Nieman Fellow, Florence Martin-Kessler attended a vigil in honor of the slain Charlie Hebdo journalists on Wednesday night. “It was very silent, very crowded,” said Martin-Kessler, editor in chief of…
Amy O'Leary on Innovation and Putting Multimedia Stories to the Test

Amy O’Leary on Innovation and Putting Multimedia Stories to the Test

As a New York Times technology reporter and its deputy editor for digital operations, Amy O’Leary has had a hand in many of the paper’s efforts to stay viable in…
Shani O. Hilton on Building a Newsroom at BuzzFeed

Shani O. Hilton on Building a Newsroom at BuzzFeed

Shani O. Hilton is executive editor at BuzzFeed, where she heads the news department. In addition to leading BuzzFeed’s expanding news division, Hilton is currently developing a code of news…