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Paul Solman

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Paul Solman, a 1977 Nieman Fellow, is a business and economics correspondent for PBS NewsHour.

A Journalist Brings Her Reporting Acumen to American History

A Journalist Brings Her Reporting Acumen to American History

Nieman curator Howard Simons used to tease our class of ’77 about the number of members who abandoned journalism. Mel Goo became a lawyer; Dolly Katz, an epidemiologist. Al Larkin…
August 10, 2020

Making the Enron Story an Engaging Visual Experience

‘If you’re going to use tomfoolery, you’d better know what you’re talking about.’
June 15, 2002

Response: Demystify the Subject

Once upon a time I thought, along with Richard Parker, that "watchdog" journalism equaled "muckraking," which would lead to "making America better." Indeed, when Richard recruited me to help him…
March 15, 1998