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Tara W. Merrigan

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Tara W. Merrigan is a freelancer and editorial assistant for Nieman Reports.

Masha Gessen: "We've been thinking about terrorism all wrong"

Masha Gessen: “We’ve been thinking about terrorism all wrong”

In her new book, “The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy,” 2004 Nieman Fellow Masha Gessen recounts the lives of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev up through the Boston Marathon…
What Charlie Hebdo Means to France

What Charlie Hebdo Means to France

A 2011 Nieman Fellow, Florence Martin-Kessler attended a vigil in honor of the slain Charlie Hebdo journalists on Wednesday night. “It was very silent, very crowded,” said Martin-Kessler, editor in chief of…