Nieman Reports

The Newsrooms We Need Now

Thought Leaders in Journalism on How to Meet the Challenges of This Moment

By Ann Marie Lipinski• From the Curator• September 23, 2020

Dear Journalism. Those two words formed the silent call I heard throughout the summer as anguish over George Floyd’s killing and an amplified Black Lives Matter movement forced a news industry reckoning. Yes, there was deep pain and disillusionment … Read more

Journalists Can Help People Tell Their Own Stories by Talking Less, Listening More

By Erika Dilday• Opinion• September 16, 2020

American journalists are chronicling a nation in turmoil. The strife centers around inequality and is fueled by our inability to understand each other. We are a country of factions that has not figured out how to work … Read more

Journalists Need to Create a Sense of Belonging

By Rob King• Opinion• September 22, 2020

During a recent conversation on the ongoing pursuit of racial equity in our workplaces, a colleague asked a question we all should ask ourselves: “How did we get here?” The answer, of course, is that while many … Read more

Journalists Need to Remember that Not All News Readers are White

By Marc Lacey• Diversity in Journalism• September 1, 2020

Every journalist needs to imagine a reader, someone to tell the story to. Of course, we all want many, many readers but keeping at least one person in mind during the writing process can help keep engaging prose from veering … Read more

Before You Can Fix Your Newsroom, You Need to Fix Your Life

By S. Mitra Kalita• Diversity in Journalism• September 9, 2020

If you are looking at this reckoning on race and trying to change your newsroom, I ask you to do something harder: Take a critical look at yourself. There are no easy answers to solve for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Read more

In Photographing Social Justice Protests, Respect Means ‘Looking Again’

By Melissa Bunni Elian• Diversity in Journalism• July 29, 2020

On July 19, Black Lives Matter Toronto activists held a press conference about the release of three demonstrators from police custody in connection with pink paint that had been thrown on three statues — including one … Read more

Diversity, Equality, Inclusion, and “The Pipeline Problem”

By Doug Mitchell• Diversity in Journalism• July 24, 2020

Some years ago, I was turning in my invoice for payment to NPR at the end of a month. I haven’t been a full-time employee at NPR, where I spent 20+ years as a producer and live-show director, since 2008. Read more

Newsrooms Should Make Space for Emotions

By Dilshad D. Ali• Opinion• September 15, 2020

I can’t remember his name now, but I remember the abject fear of getting something wrong and having to face his wrath — the classic editorial anger meted out to a journalist who got a fact wrong, misspelled someone’s name, … Read more

Newsrooms Need a Plan to Diversify Investigative Teams, Too

By Ron Nixon• Diversity in Journalism• September 21, 2020

The killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota has created a racial reckoning for the country. That reckoning has expanded to America’s newsrooms. Across the country, journalists of color have called out their … Read more

Journalism Must Be an Act of Community-Building

By Cierra Hinton, Lewis Raven Wallace and Manolia Charlotin• Opinion• September 18, 2020

Since the recent uprisings, we at Press On have been hearing and witnessing an increasing sense of urgency from journalism organizations and institutions to address their internal cultures and structures that uphold oppression and racism. This urge is excellent news, … Read more

Features

As the November Election Approaches, Are Newsrooms Ready for Guccifer 3.0?

By Christa Case Bryant• Features• July 28, 2020

When a Twitter user named @Guccifer_2 direct messaged reporter Sheera Frenkel in June 2016, offering hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee, she demonstrated an instinct that will be crucial for journalists covering the election this fall. “Can you explain … Read more

“Collaboration is the Future of Journalism”

By Casey Quackenbush• Features• August 11, 2020

When Jean Ronald Saint Preux started live-streaming on Facebook, the police had already smashed his driver seat window. On a clear day, May 20th, in the parking lot of the town hall of Albany, a … Read more

Is Movement Journalism What’s Needed During this Reckoning over Race and Inequality?

By Tina Vasquez• Diversity in Journalism• August 25, 2020

Last summer I found myself at the M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge in Jackson, Mississippi. Considered “the epicenter of the civil rights movement,” the well-worn building was once the training site for the Freedom Riders and … Read more

Want Diverse Newsrooms? Unions Push for Pay Equity As a Path Forward

By Kristen Chick• Diversity• September 3, 2020

As an uprising against racism and discrimination swept across the nation’s newsrooms in recent months, one of the issues raised at many of the organizations in upheaval was pay equity. At The Philadelphia Inquirer, where executive editor Stan Wischnowski … Read more

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The Newsrooms We Need Now

The Newsrooms We Need Now

Thought Leaders in Journalism on How to Meet the Challenges of This Moment

Journalists Can Help People Tell Their Own Stories by Talking Less, Listening More

Journalists Need to Create a Sense of Belonging

Journalists Need to Remember that Not All News Readers are White

Before You Can Fix Your Newsroom, You Need to Fix Your Life

In Photographing Social Justice Protests, Respect Means ‘Looking Again’

Diversity, Equality, Inclusion, and “The Pipeline Problem”

Newsrooms Should Make Space for Emotions

Newsrooms Need a Plan to Diversify Investigative Teams, Too

Journalism Must Be an Act of Community-Building

Features

As the November Election Approaches, Are Newsrooms Ready for Guccifer 3.0?

“Collaboration is the Future of Journalism”

Is Movement Journalism What’s Needed During this Reckoning over Race and Inequality?

Want Diverse Newsrooms? Unions Push for Pay Equity As a Path Forward

Niemans@Work

A Journalist Brings Her Reporting Acumen to American History

By Paul Solman

A News Startup Focuses on Making a Business out of Reporting on China

By David Barboza

Providing Better Narratives About Africa For—and by—Africans

By Hannane Ferdjani

Sounding

Following the Money at the University of Michigan Hits Home for Reporter

By Matthew Dolan

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Photographing Grief during the Covid-19 Pandemic

By Lisa Krantz

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