Author Sports Journalists Battle for Relevancy When Washington Post sports reporter Kent Babb traveled to Oakland, Calif., to report a feature story on Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch during the summer of 2017, Babb knew… October 9, 2018 The Great Disconnect: How Journalists at Local and National Outlets Are Evolving Different Skill Sets As the editor of a nonprofit news site in New Orleans, I occasionally receive emails from young, earnest college grads who have recently moved to town and want to do… October 5, 2018 Hot Type It once seemed to take a million moving parts to put out a newspaper—a real, printed-on-paper edition of, say, The New York Times, the Herald Tribune or Le Monde.It was… October 1, 2018 The Nieman 80 On the 80th anniversary of the Nieman Foundation, Nieman Fellows reflect on the journalism that’s left an indelible mark on them and their careers September 20, 2018 Pamela Spaulding, NF ’85 Early in my career I was deeply affected by the photographs of the Farm Security Administration (FSA). It is a visual record of American life between 1935 and 1944. [sidebar… September 20, 2018 Abdul Waheed Wafa, NF ’11 [sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]My childhood in Afghanistan coincided with a communist regime under which we had access only to government-sponsored media,… September 20, 2018 Bill Marimow, NF ’83 [sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]When I first read this front-page dispatch by Sydney H. Schanberg of The New York Times in May… September 20, 2018 Rick Tulsky, NF ’89 [sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]In 1985 I encountered a book unlike anything I had ever read. “Common Ground” by J. Anthony Lukas,… September 20, 2018 Jassim Ahmad, NF ’17 I have sampled a lot of virtual reality (VR) that has left me feeling confused and frustrated. Then I discovered “Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness.” It centers on the audio… September 20, 2018 Harald Pakendorf, NF ’69 [sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]Joe Lelyveld’s reporting for The New York Times—which he drew on for his book “Move Your Shadow”—brought home… September 20, 2018 Previous 1 … 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 … 429 Next