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Quiet Human Moments Amidst Great Strife

Quiet Human Moments Amidst Great Strife

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…
“A Sense of Exhilaration and Possibility”

“A Sense of Exhilaration and Possibility”

The co-founder of Turkey’s 140journos on building a citizen-sustained news agency from scratch
How comics can enhance reader engagement, bring new audiences to narrative nonfiction

How comics can enhance reader engagement, bring new audiences to narrative nonfiction

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…
Rewriting J-School

Rewriting J-School

How journalism schools are trying to connect classrooms to newsrooms
Master of the Craft

Master of the Craft

At the Nieman Foundation’s 75th anniversary reunion, Robert A. Caro discussed the art of political biography with fellow Nieman Anne Hull
About the Cover

About the Cover

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…

Download “The State of Journalism in China”

“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…
The Future Is Ours

The Future Is Ours

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

Change Starts Small: The Texas Tribune Chooses Efficiency Over Size

Photo by Todd Wiseman“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” These words, from the…

Small Pieces, Loosely Joined: Nicco Mele on the End of Big News

Photo by Eden BrackstoneI am not a journalist. I’m a digital guy. I am well versed in the trends of newspapers’ decline, but at the age of 35 I’ve never…