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Empowering Airwaves: Women-Led Radio Stations Amplify Unheard Voices

Empowering Airwaves: Women-Led Radio Stations Amplify Unheard Voices

Around the world, women broadcasters are creating radio programs that challenge discrimination, expose sexual abuse, and tackle taboo topics
The Security Playbook Every Journalist Should Know

The Security Playbook Every Journalist Should Know

Experts outline practical steps for protecting devices, data, and sources — both online and off — to safeguard against hacks, leaks, surveillance, raids, and legal threats.
Generation Discord: Lessons from Nepal’s Revolution

Generation Discord: Lessons from Nepal’s Revolution

Uprisings fomented on social media, like the one that recently swept Nepal, catch legacy journalism by surprise
France’s Independent Press Fights Back

France’s Independent Press Fights Back

Alternative media startups see themselves as a bulwark against billionaires and the far right. Can they survive?
Sudan's Journalists Risk Everything to Cover a War the World Ignores

Sudan’s Journalists Risk Everything to Cover a War the World Ignores

More than 30 journalists have been killed since fighting broke out in 2023. Those still working continue to face danger and a shrinking international audience
‘An instinct for exploration’

‘An instinct for exploration’

Strong role models, innate curiosity combine to forge a journalist’s path
Free Speech in Deep Freeze

Free Speech in Deep Freeze

On the ground in Minnesota, where journalists are working to tell the truth about government-sanctioned violence and spin
Journalism at an AI Inflection Point

Journalism at an AI Inflection Point

As artificial intelligence moves into newsrooms, four Nieman Fellows weigh in on the technology’s promise, limits, and risks.
Digging for Truth

Digging for Truth

Journalism, like tending olive trees, takes meticulous care, skill, and perseverance
Lights, Camera, Action: Niemans Making Films

Lights, Camera, Action: Niemans Making Films

In this installment of Niemans@Work, we highlight a sampling of recent documentaries featuring Nieman alumni who have directed, produced, starred in, or otherwise contributed to a wide range of productions.