Niemans @ Work

Rediscovering Latin American Jewry, From Peru to Israel

Ten years ago I came upon the story of Segundo Villanueva, an impoverished Peruvian who, as a result of his reading of the Bible, concluded that Catholicism was a fraud.…
June 13, 2013
Graciela Mochkofsky
Latin American Journalism on the Transnational Express

Latin American Journalism on the Transnational Express

Pastureland has replaced rainforest along this stretch of the Interoceanic Highway in Brazil. Photo courtesy of CONNECTAS “Who in Latin America would be interested in transnational journalism?” was a question…
June 13, 2013
Carlos Eduardo Huertas

Niemans Cover the Boston Marathon Bombs

Image courtesy of the Newseum A selection of stories by Niemans about the Boston attacksThe explosions at the Boston Marathon made front-page news around the world, with Líberation in Paris,…
June 13, 2013
Jan Gardner

What Happened in Qubair

Deborah Amos, NF ’92, on covering a massacre in a central Syrian farming village
March 19, 2013
Deborah Amos

No Such Thing as “Foreign” Anymore

Maria Balinska, NF ’10, on why it’s time to mash up local and global news
March 18, 2013
Maria Balinska

Control Information, Control Souls

Yu Gao, deputy managing editor of Caixin Media and affiliate of 2013 Nieman Fellow Jin Deng, on how Chinese media censorship works
March 12, 2013
Yu Gao