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James Risen’s First Amendment Battle

For six years, New York Times national security reporter James Risen has been fighting to keep his promise of anonymity to a source who told him about a failed CIA…

Keeping the Faith

The idea for New Canadian Media came to me at the 2009 Nieman Narrative Conference. During a workshop session I met an editor named Andrew Lam who, like me, is…

Evan Osnos: The Challenges of Covering China

Evan Osnos, who covered China for eight years with the Chicago Tribune and The New Yorker, spoke about the difficulty of covering modern China in the 2013 Joe Alex Morris…
Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger

The NSA, surveillance and the threat to press freedom
Technology, Transparency and Traditional Media

Technology, Transparency and Traditional Media

How Weibo and WeChat are breaking the information monopoly
About the Cover

About the Cover

For the cover of the new issue of Nieman Reports, we wanted to say something intriguing about the state of journalism in China. Many of the stories in the cover…
Eluding the "Ministry of Truth"

Eluding the “Ministry of Truth”

RELATED ARTICLESCommand and ControlBy Paul MooneyMoral HazardBy Yang XiaoInternet censorship in China is not simply matter of blocking foreign websites and deleting anything deemed harmful, nor is the state the…

Stand and Deliver

Telling a story on the stage, not the page
A Conversation and a Box of Kleenex

A Conversation and a Box of Kleenex

Lea Thau explains the editorial and emotional processes behind live storytelling

Download “The State of Journalism in China”

“The State of Journalism in China” looks at how journalists in China work around the Communist Party’s efforts to rein in free speech. International reporters often face surveillance and harassment…