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Wonbo Woo, NF ’16

Wonbo Woo, NF ’16

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]Robert Krulwich is best known today as the co-host of NPR’s “Radiolab.” But before launching the pioneering podcast…
Maciek Nabrdalik, NF ’17

Maciek Nabrdalik, NF ’17

In the summer of 2015 while I was in Greece documenting the refugee crisis I had a disturbing encounter with another photojournalist. He said he doesn’t like it when refugees…
Johanna van Eeden, NF ’15

Johanna van Eeden, NF ’15

It is April 1994. I’m a final year student at a university in South Africa—on the threshold of a career in journalism. It is eerily quiet on campus. Most of…
Dina Temple-Raston, NF ’14

Dina Temple-Raston, NF ’14

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]You don’t find books; books find you. That’s what essayist Joseph Epstein told us in our writing classes…
Stuart Watson, NF ’08

Stuart Watson, NF ’08

When I was just a kid growing up in Albany, Georgia, I pulled down from my dad’s bookcases a coffee-table book published by Life magazine. On page 460 in “The…

Gary Knight, NF ’10

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]“Vietnam Inc.” changed the way I looked at what photojournalism could be. It had a point of view,…
Linda Robinson, NF ’01

Linda Robinson, NF ’01

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]My ninth-grade civics and American history teacher Miss Keister gave me “Winners and Losers” by Gloria Emerson, among…

Alison MacAdam, NF ’14

I still remember where I was when I heard this story. It was night. I was driving alone—the best time to listen to the radio.[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman…
Steve Northup, NF ’74

Steve Northup, NF ’74

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]“Up Front” is a collection of Bill Mauldin’s World War II cartoons featuring Willie and Joe, a pair…
Subina Shrestha, NF ’17

Subina Shrestha, NF ’17

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]Growing up in Nepal under the autocratic monarchy I did not know that journalists could tell stories about…