International Journalism

Nieman Fellow 1976

Is the Western press listening to its colleagues in Third World countries?

[This article originally appeared in the March 1972 issue of Nieman Reports.]God knows we are not perfect as professionals. To be honest, after eight years of covering the Vietnam War,…

[This article originally appeared in the March 1964 issue of Nieman Reports.]The resident American press corps during my time in New Delhi (1961-1963) was comparatively small—the two wire services, the…

[This article originally appeared in the Autumn 1982 issue of Nieman Reports.]The independence era dawned over black Africa two decades ago, and in the flush of victory the new presidents…

Soldiers in the Belgian Congo, ca. 1943. Photo courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York.[This article originally appeared in the October 1961 issue of Nieman Reports.]Leopoldville…

[This article originally appeared in the Spring 1983 issue of Nieman Reports.]…[E]ven at this stage [following a conference reassessing reporting from China] some facts, insights and themes emerge that can…

Sources’ visceral fear gives way to ironic wariness, although security agents seem ever present.

It was not until 1952, 14 years after the Nieman Foundation was founded, that the first international Fellows arrived in Cambridge. They were from New Zealand, Australia and Canada. Since…

Those who own and control the media want to secure political influence, not to uncover political corruption.