Nieman Notes

‘All of us have notebooks and brains full of narrative poetry.’

‘They say you look militant, like Angela Davis. You're scaring them!’

A book revisits the time when only a few brave voices in the Southern press stood up against the many ‘that supported and often led massive resistance to change.’

In a new and unique collaborative effort, Nieman Fellows devote a year to the study of global health issues, including a reporting trip to a developing nation.

Allister Sparks, of South Africa, is my closest and dearest friend, although we are thousands of miles apart. We have been friends since we were Niemans together in 1962-63. And…

‘The question is not whether the newspaper is dead, but whether it can be rescued from unreasonable demands.’

‘My introduction to daily journalism began with a murder. My introduction to Niemanry also began with a murder.’

‘… even under the tyranny of daily deadlines, journalists can help themselves by thinking like a poet.’

View photo gallery below »The captions on the accompanying pictures are undated. I believe that certain images, like those in this piece, have a timeless aspect to them — an…

The Louis M. Lyons Award, given by Nieman classes, recognizes journalists who display these elements of moral courage.