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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

In the fall of 2013, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) quietly began booting up its Utah Data Center, a sprawling 1.5 million-square-foot facility designed to store and analyze the…
Technology, Transparency and Traditional Media

Technology, Transparency and Traditional Media

 As the profitability of traditional Chinese media plummets, journalists are increasingly beginning to transform themselves, with the acceptance of bribes for writing positive stories becoming more and more common among…
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

Stand and Deliver

So, what’s your story?” asked Lea Thau, creator of “The Moth Radio Hour.” “I understand you came from Mexico as a young kid.” Thus began a series of questions to…
A Conversation and a Box of Kleenex

A Conversation and a Box of Kleenex

If a story echoes in the woods and no one hears it, is it still a story? Well, if it’s a written story, perhaps yes, but a spoken story needs…

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…

“Stigma Rent-seeking” on China’s Internet

In October 2013, journalist Chen Yongzhou of the New Express Daily was detained and arrested after he reported alleged corruption at Zoomlion, a state-owned company. His paper’s front-page pleas for…