Uncategorized Scientists, Journalists and the Quest for Objectivity Harvard psychology professor Daniel Gilbert said there is a scientific basis for the advice that mothers give about how to be happy: get married, make money, and have children. The… February 28, 2014 Parsing Politics in China, Egypt, and an Orthodox Jewish Community Harvard law professor Noah Feldman spoke to the 2014 Nieman Fellows about the intense scrutiny and criticism he faced after writing about his work in Tunisia and writing a personal… February 24, 2014 Big Data, Income Mobility, and the American Dream Harvard economics professor Raj Chetty shows a data visualization model that The New York Times created from research he and his colleagues did on income mobility in the United States.… February 14, 2014 Jessie Schanzle Exploring Harvard’s Gates The wrought-iron decoration of the Class of 1881 Gate stands out in silhouette against the blazing white backdrop of Harvard’s neo-classical Littauer Center Students pass through the imposing Class of… January 29, 2014 Urban Ruins and the “New Unconscious” Professor Achille Mbembe, left, spoke with Greg Marinovich and other 2014 Nieman Fellows about the new global condition, in which the south and the north are increasingly entangled. Photo by… January 23, 2014 Jonathan Seitz Surveillance and Security The National Security Agency has been accused of collecting data from the servers of web companies like Google, whose data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa is pictured here. Image courtesy… January 9, 2014 Toni Locy Mandela’s Moral Authority In 1990, an elderly man emerged from 27 years in prison into a country whose future was balanced on a knife-edge and which the world had long believed would not… December 16, 2013 Fleur de Villiers Top 10 Investigative Journalism Books of 2013 “Dirty Wars,” Jeremy Scahill’s exposé on the U.S. government’s tactics for fighting terrorism since September 11, 2001, is Steve Weinberg’s pick for best investigative journalism book of 2013. Author photo… December 13, 2013 Steve Weinberg Lesson from Mandela Outside Nelson Mandela’s residence in Houghton, Johannesburg. Photo by Nadia TrompThe trumpet cries, fading into nothingness, then strong again, as the crowd heaves and sways to the sounds of “Nkosi… December 11, 2013 Nadia Tromp Mandela and the Interview that Reverberated Around the World Richard Steyn, NF ’86, editor of The Star, was granted a one-on-one interview with Nelson Mandela during his first trip back to Robben Island after his release from prison. Photo… December 10, 2013 Richard Steyn Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 25 Next
