Nieman Notes

Exploring the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge

By boat and backpack, three journalists wander through this vast, treeless tundra.

The Watchdog Journalism Project Moves to the Web

‘We want to cajole, encourage, prod, stroke and, in the end, help create a sense of urgency and obligation to higher reporting standards.’

A Nieman Visit to Cuba

The fellows discovered risk-takers who ‘live with a wink, a fiction, and perhaps a few bribes.’

‘Sister in the Band of Brothers’

A reporter accompanies the 101st Airborne during the Iraq War and turns the experience into a book.

Photographer Gordon Parks Turns 90

‘Gordon is our lamplighter, and I love him for that.’

‘News to Images’

Painter Melora Kuhn first saw a photograph of Canada’s Dionne quintuplets in The Boston Globe in 1998 in an article about their success suing their government because of the separation…

Courageous Zimbabwean Editor Becomes a Nieman Fellow

‘Like a recurring nightmare, Nyarota became a frequent occupant of Harare’s police cells.’

The Maynard Institute: 25 Years and 2,000 Journalists Later

Its innovative training programs shape the careers of many minority journalists.

Celebrating a Journalist’s Life

Richard Harwood’s family donates his books to the Kovach Library.

Nieman Curator James C. Thomson, Jr., 1931-2002

James Thomson, Curator of the Nieman Foundation from 1972-1984, died on August 11 of cardiac arrest after a brief illness. He was 70. What follows are words contributed by Niemans…