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Heidi Vogt

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Heidi Vogt, a 2017 Nieman Fellow, is now based in D.C. where she covers trends in business regulation for The Wall Street Journal. Before her fellowship, she spent 10 years as a foreign correspondent in Africa and Central Asia.

Seeking a way to get more personal without getting less objective

While on assignment in Somalia a few years back, I found myself sitting in the waiting room of the Mogadishu mayor’s office alongside a dozen Somali men—some in white robes,…