Nieman 80 Wahyu Dhyatmika, NF ’15 The mass killings in Indonesia in 1965-’66 left a deep mark on the nation’s collective psyche. Watching the documentary “The Act of Killing” about the atrocity when it was first… September 20, 2018 Megan O’Grady, NF ’12 When I met Brit Bennett, in 2016, it was to discuss her first novel, “The Mothers,” a Baldwin-inspired tale of the friendship between two Southern California girls growing up amid… September 20, 2018 Phillip Martin, NF ’98 The late Danny Schechter’s examination of apartheid-era South Africa shaped my path from radio intern in the 1970s to senior investigative reporter at WGBH in Boston exploring social injustice. Schechter,… September 20, 2018 Wonbo Woo, NF ’16 [sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]Robert Krulwich is best known today as the co-host of NPR’s “Radiolab.” But before launching the pioneering podcast… September 20, 2018 Maciek Nabrdalik, NF ’17 In the summer of 2015 while I was in Greece documenting the refugee crisis I had a disturbing encounter with another photojournalist. He said he doesn’t like it when refugees… September 20, 2018 Johanna van Eeden, NF ’15 It is April 1994. I’m a final year student at a university in South Africa—on the threshold of a career in journalism. It is eerily quiet on campus. Most of… September 20, 2018 Dina Temple-Raston, NF ’14 [sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]You don’t find books; books find you. That’s what essayist Joseph Epstein told us in our writing classes… September 20, 2018 Stuart Watson, NF ’08 When I was just a kid growing up in Albany, Georgia, I pulled down from my dad’s bookcases a coffee-table book published by Life magazine. On page 460 in “The… September 20, 2018 Linda Robinson, NF ’01 [sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them[/sidebar]My ninth-grade civics and American history teacher Miss Keister gave me “Winners and Losers” by Gloria Emerson, among… September 20, 2018 Alison MacAdam, NF ’14 I still remember where I was when I heard this story. It was night. I was driving alone—the best time to listen to the radio.[sidebar style=”right” head=”Nieman 80″ deck=””]More Nieman… September 20, 2018 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
