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A PARI mentor finds an opportunity to teach—and to learn

A PARI mentor finds an opportunity to teach—and to learn

Storytelling is a two-way street at PARI, with professional journalists mentoring locals with no background in reporting. This summer I mentored a PARI fellow, Stanzin Saldon, a Buddhist woman of…
November 20, 2017
“Fixing” the Journalist-Fixer Relationship

“Fixing” the Journalist-Fixer Relationship

A new study explores the divisions between fixers and correspondents, as the Global Reporting Centre examines alternate models of doing foreign reporting
November 15, 2017

8 reporters reflect on the challenges of covering sexual harassment

Journalists who break stories about powerful men who have sexually harassed or otherwise abused women face a host of challenges. These include getting  women to go on the record and…
November 13, 2017
The News Industry Has a Sexual Harassment Problem. #NowWhat?

The News Industry Has a Sexual Harassment Problem. #NowWhat?

A good place to start telling the unfolding story of sexual harassment in newsrooms is July 6th, 2016. That’s the day former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sued Roger Ailes,…
November 13, 2017
Finding a Good Hook

Finding a Good Hook

Finding a Good Hook: Hurricane Irma moves Joan Martelli, NF ’08, to finish her book about a storied wreck  
November 6, 2017
How Independent Russian Newsrooms Keep Reporting

How Independent Russian Newsrooms Keep Reporting

As Russia promotes disinformation abroad, it is cracking down on the independent press at home
November 3, 2017
Fotoperiodistas en México muestran solidaridad en medio de las ruinas

Fotoperiodistas en México muestran solidaridad en medio de las ruinas

Read in English.Nueve horas duró el abrazo colectivo FotoXWesley, cuatro horas más de lo planeado: la subasta tuvo que suspenderse porque el Centro de la Imagen estaba por cerrar. A…
November 1, 2017
Photojournalists in Mexico Show Solidarity Amid the Ruins

Photojournalists in Mexico Show Solidarity Amid the Ruins

Translated from the Spanish by John Gibler. Leer en español.The collective embrace Photo4Wesley lasted nine hours, four hours longer than planned. The auction was only interrupted because the venue, Centro de la…
November 1, 2017
What Journalists Can Learn from the Blues

What Journalists Can Learn from the Blues

Journalism is in crisis; that is old news. But since I arrived at Harvard nearly three months ago, I have been struck at how much emotional and intellectual energy is…
October 31, 2017

The Story Behind a StoryCorps Success

Dean Haddock, a 2015 Visiting Fellow, on the long, winding road to an oral history app
October 30, 2017