Features

Cuba may be opening up economically, but being a journalist in the country is still a risky business

As recently as 2008, it was illegal for Cubans to own a cell phone and impossible for them to buy a computer. No independent journalist had a mobile device, and…

How Cuba’s network of independent and citizen journalists keeps the country informed

Many years ago, I asked Anja to show me her favorite picture, the one she liked the most. The photo she sent showed an elegant older man sitting on the…

The co-founder of Turkey’s 140journos on building a citizen-sustained news agency from scratch

Shortly after I co-founded Symbolia, a digital publication that merges comic books and journalism, I got an intriguing pitch. Reporter Sarah Mirk wanted to tell the stories of the veterans…

How journalism schools are trying to connect classrooms to newsrooms

For the cover of the new issue of Nieman Reports, we wanted to say something intriguing about the state of journalism in China. Many of the stories in the cover…

“The State of Journalism in China” looks at how journalists in China work around the Communist Party’s efforts to rein in free speech. International reporters often face surveillance and harassment…

How Hispanic media have moved out of niche markets and into the mainstream