Nieman 80

On the 80th anniversary of the Nieman Foundation, Nieman Fellows reflect on the journalism that’s left an indelible mark on them and their careers

Early in my career I was deeply affected by the photographs of the Farm Security Administration (FSA). It is a visual record of American life between 1935 and 1944. [sidebar…

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]My childhood in Afghanistan coincided with a communist regime under which we had access only to government-sponsored media,…

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]When I first read this front-page dispatch by Sydney H. Schanberg of The New York Times in May…

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]In 1985 I encountered a book unlike anything I had ever read. “Common Ground” by J. Anthony Lukas,…

I have sampled a lot of virtual reality (VR) that has left me feeling confused and frustrated. Then I discovered “Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness.” It centers on the audio…

[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]Joe Lelyveld’s reporting for The New York Times—which he drew on for his book “Move Your Shadow”—brought home…

“Beyond 7 Billion,” the Los Angeles Times’s five-part series, melds excellent writing with stunning visual journalism. It connects global overpopulation to terrorism, environmental collapse, starvation, politicization of birth control, and…

The fever for gold caused the Lakota people’s loss of the Sacred Black Hills of South Dakota as well as the near destruction of the indigenous peoples of South and…

Edgar Snow avoided grandiosity when he achieved one of the great scoops of the 20th century by hooking up with China’s Red Army in 1936. “I do not intend to…