Author

Madeleine Blais

Madeleine Blais, a 1986 Nieman Fellow, teaches journalism at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

Things in Threes

A ballpark, a boat, and a freezing, windswept ramp outside the old Boston Garden: things in threes, as the nuns used to say. I started my career as a reporter…
October 2, 2013

Taking Those First Small Steps

‘“You mean it’s OK in your country to tell a leader what to do?” a few of them asked.’
September 3, 2010

Peering Deep Into the Essence of Small-Town Life

A photographer returns to Oxford, Iowa after 20 years to take pictures of its residents again, and his images share space with their words.
December 15, 2008

Time and Techniques Define A ‘New New Journalism’

Conversations with writers reveal how and why their stories are being told in different ways.
September 15, 2005

Celebrating a Journalist’s Life

Richard Harwood’s family donates his books to the Kovach Library.
September 15, 2002

Literary Nonfiction Constructs a Narrative Foundation

In college classes, students read great storytellers and learn how to tell a story.
September 15, 2000