From the Curator Nieman’s Fertile Soil Reflecting on 14 years of planting seeds July 21, 2025 Ann Marie Lipinski A Fidelity to Facts Rigorous verification of facts must remain central to journalism's mission, writes Nieman Foundation Curator Ann Marie Lipinski. March 6, 2025 Ann Marie Lipinski Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva Are Free. They’re the Exceptions Hundreds of journalists, including two Nieman Fellows, live behind bars. August 28, 2024 Ann Marie Lipinski Tending to the Details As newsrooms hollow out and deepfakes become more prevalent, the need for mentors is greater than ever August 2, 2023 Ann Marie Lipinski An Overdue Generational Shift Is Changing How Journalists Manage Traumatic Stories The stoicism that reporters once mustered when covering tragedies is giving way to a new public candor December 16, 2022 Ann Marie Lipinski Confronting “Press Freedom Predators” Newsrooms are running a gauntlet of abuse around the world. But the threat is greater than against journalism alone — it’s against democracy itself July 8, 2022 Ann Marie Lipinski In Putin’s War on Ukraine, Journalists Are Targets, Too Brent Renaud, a Nieman Fellow killed in Ukraine while working on a documentary about refugees, practiced a journalism of humility, humanity, and empathy April 5, 2022 Ann Marie Lipinski A Green Light for Corruption Researchers say there are tangible costs when a community loses its newspaper. The question is, do we want to pay now or pay later? January 3, 2022 Ann Marie Lipinski Touch Points Distance kept us safe from Covid, but reporting requires contact and connection November 9, 2021 Ann Marie Lipinski Journalism’s Reckoning with “Manipulation at a Mass Scale” I traveled once to Tripoli to interview Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Colleagues and I met him in a Bedouin tent under a full moon on the grounds of Bab al-Azizya,… December 17, 2020 Ann Marie Lipinski 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next