Author

Lois Fiore

Lois Fiore was the assistant editor of Nieman Reports.

1974: Soundings

1974: Soundings

Lois Fiore, hired in 1973 as assistant to curator James C. Thomson Jr., recalls the origins of the SoundingOne of the things we told the Fellows—and, I’m sure, still do—is…

‘News to Images’

Painter Melora Kuhn first saw a photograph of Canada’s Dionne quintuplets in The Boston Globe in 1998 in an article about their success suing their government because of the separation…

A Spirited Force of Creative Change

Diana Thomson’s innovations are embedded in the Nieman Foundation.

Responsibility to Be Honest

From November 1936, when Life magazine’s first issue appeared, until it stopped publication as a weekly in 1972, 88 of the most innovative and revered photographers found, at one time…

Who Knows Better—Critics or the People?

America’s Most Wanted, 1994. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 24 x 32. By permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux.“Painting By Numbers” is a book about art and freedom, authority and…