Author Jan Gardner @JanLGardner Jan Gardner was a senior editor at Nieman Reports. Books From the Beat: A More Complicated Equation Judy Pasternak, a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times, drew on expertise she developed covering the environment, science and other beats to write her first book. “Yellow Dirt: An… December 9, 2010 Fall 2010: Class Notes Niemans Entering and Leaving Office in Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, NF ’88, was elected president of Colombia in June, and he was sworn into office in August. Santos, who received… September 17, 2010 For a Start-up, Machine-Generated Stories Are the Name of the Game For a partner in a start-up specializing in stories written by machines, the only downside to attracting coverage in Bloomberg Businessweek was the headline: “Are Sportswriters Really Necessary?”“We want to… June 14, 2010 Summer 2010: Class Notes Headliner Awards for Print and Radio Journalism Three Nieman Fellows have been honored by the National Headliner Awards program, which is one of the oldest and largest annual contests recognizing… June 11, 2010 Meditating on the Conventions and Meaning of Photography RELATED ARTICLE“Failing to Harness the Web’s Visual Promise“– Fred RitchinFred Ritchin’s book “After Photography” is a rich stew of memoir, history (remember the darkened image of O.J. Simpson on the… March 30, 2010 Altruism’s Rise in the Wake of Disaster Rebecca Solnit’s wide-ranging inquiry into disaster led her to a surprisingly good-hearted view of human nature. “In the wake of an earthquake, a bombing, or a major storm, most people… December 9, 2009 George Weller Reported on World War II From Five Continents George Weller was a highly praised novelist who was fluent in a number of languages when the Chicago Daily News sent him overseas in 1940 at age 33 to cover… September 14, 2009 Previous 1 2 3
