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Sports Journalists Battle for Relevancy

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…
The Great Disconnect: How Journalists at Local and National Outlets Are Evolving Different Skill Sets

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…
Hot Type

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…
The Nieman 80

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
Pamela Spaulding, NF ’85

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…
Abdul Waheed Wafa, NF ’11

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,…
Bill Marimow, NF ’83

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…
Rick Tulsky, NF ’89

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,…
Jassim Ahmad, NF ’17

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…
Harald Pakendorf, NF ’69

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…