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How Not to Cover Voter Fraud Disinformation

How Not to Cover Voter Fraud Disinformation

No group of people has a more important role to play in shaping how Americans think about mail-in voter fraud than editors and journalists who write for local and regional…
October 7, 2020
Critical Coverage: Cable News and Trump’s Covid-19 Diagnosis

Critical Coverage: Cable News and Trump’s Covid-19 Diagnosis

On Monday evening, President Donald Trump gently touched down on the White House lawn in Marine One after a weekend treatment for Covid-19 at Walter Reed Medical Center.He mounted the…
October 6, 2020
Navigating Racial Tension in The Newsroom

Navigating Racial Tension in The Newsroom

In “Why Didn’t We Riot? A Black Man in Trumpland,” published October 6 by Other Press, Issac J. Bailey reflects on what it means to be a Black man in…
October 6, 2020
Photographic Reflections on Peace Following Conflict

Photographic Reflections on Peace Following Conflict

The following is from “Imagine: Reflections on Peace,” a new book, as well as an exhibition and series of short films, from The VII Foundation that features photographic essays from…
October 1, 2020
How Should Journalists Respond to Trump’s Refusal to Commit to a Peaceful Transfer of Power?

How Should Journalists Respond to Trump’s Refusal to Commit to a Peaceful Transfer of Power?

I began a recent session of my “Trump, Race, and U.S. Media” course at Davidson College with video clips of news reports about protests in the aftermath of the Breonna…
September 29, 2020
“Whenever One Journalist is Injured, It's an Injury to All of Us,” says Hopewell Chin’ono

“Whenever One Journalist is Injured, It’s an Injury to All of Us,” says Hopewell Chin’ono

When Zimbabwean journalist and 2010 Nieman Fellow Hopewell Chin’ono started speaking out against corruption in the government, using his Facebook and Twitter accounts as primary channels, he knew the precedent…
September 24, 2020
Thought Leaders in Journalism on How to Meet the Challenges of This Moment

Thought Leaders in Journalism on How to Meet the Challenges of This Moment

Dear Journalism. Those two words formed the silent call I heard throughout the summer as anguish over George Floyd’s killing and an amplified Black Lives Matter movement forced a news…
September 23, 2020
Providing Better Narratives About Africa For—and by—Africans

Providing Better Narratives About Africa For—and by—Africans

Hannane Ferdjani, NF ’20, launched her program “Beyond the Noise” to report on the pandemic’s impact on AfricaProviding better narratives about Africa — it’s been my journalism quest since I…
September 23, 2020
Photographing Grief during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Photographing Grief during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Lisa Krantz, a 2020 Nieman Fellow, on covering the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on her community as a photographer for the San Antonio Express-News:“I met this family at a prayer vigil…
September 23, 2020
Journalists Need to Create a Sense of Belonging

Journalists Need to Create a Sense of Belonging

During a recent conversation on the ongoing pursuit of racial equity in our workplaces, a colleague asked a question we all should ask ourselves: “How did we get here?”The answer,…
September 22, 2020