Nieman Reports
Spring 2013
The Signal and the Noise

One tweeter boasted of a “game-changing victory” for crowdsourcing in the early hours of the Boston area manhunt. But what began as a low-grade fever on social media spiked with the wrongful naming of a bombing suspect. All the while, Nieman Visiting Fellow Hong Qu was testing his new tool Keepr as a screen for credibility and posting early results on Nieman Reports as the story unfolded. Qu and journalist Seth Mnookin, who tweeted live from the manhunt, write about how smartphones and their unprecedented power to publish require new journalistic tools and practices, while other Nieman Fellows consider the intersection of social media and journalism in the aftermath of the attac
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Features
From the Curator
Books
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Starting Arguments: A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Political Cartoonist on the Right to be Offensive
By Mark Fiore
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Grave New World: Evgeny Morozov’s Dire Warnings on the Reach of Google and Facebook
By David L. Marcus
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The Year of Living Safely, Away from the Drug Wars of Mexico
By Alfredo Corchado
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The Year of Living Safely, Away from the Drug Wars of Mexico (Video Interview)
By Alfredo Corchado
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Putting the Pieces Together: An E-Book Memoir of a Bus Accident in Israel
By Joshua Prager
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Nieman Watchdog Project
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From Shoe Leather to Big Data: ProPublica and the Future of Watchdog Journalism
By Robin Fields
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Ask The Right Questions: MuckRock Makes FOIA Requests Easy
By Michael Morisy
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Truth or Consequences: Where is Watchdog Journalism Today?
By Dan Froomkin
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No Profession for Lone Wolves: Watchdog Reporters Need to Work Together
By Stuart Watson
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Cross-Border Collaboration in Watchdog Journalism
By Stefan Candea
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Let the Readers Know: How Journalists and the Public Can Work Together
By Ken Armstrong
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In Korea, Watchdog Journalism Worth Watching on Television
By Chong-ae Lee
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Do the Right Thing: Watchdog Reporters Handle a Bombing in Philadelphia
By William Marimow
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Our Communities Crave Watchdog Journalism
By Raquel Rutledge
Nieman Notes
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Spring 2013: Class Notes
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Grady Clay on the Future of Journalism and Cities: “No One Can Stay in the Center”
By Grady Clay
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Murrey Marder, Pathfinder
By Bill Kovach
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The Legacy of Pulitzer Prize Winner Anthony Lewis, covering “a Dark and Ominous Time”
By Allister Sparks
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Pulitzer Prize Winner Stanley Forman on Covering Fires in Boston from “the Other Side of the Tape”
By Stanley Forman
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- Jan Gardner
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