ISSUE

Winter 2023

What Open-Source Journalism Reveals

Spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, open-source investigations are being integrated into standard newsroom practice

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A Play About Life and Death in the South
Niemans @ Work

A Play About Life and Death in the South

John Archibald, NF ’21, discusses his debut as a playwright I write about life in Alabama. Which means I write about death in Alabama. And issues of life and death…
John Archibald
January 26, 2023
A Memoir for a Holocaust Survivor
Niemans @ Work

A Memoir for a Holocaust Survivor

For Dina Kraft, NF ’12, writing Hannah Pick-Goslar’s story was a chance to keep her memory alive When I started helping Hannah Pick-Goslar, one of Anne Frank’s best friends, write…
Dina Kraft
January 20, 2023
Amid Trauma, Knowing Who Wants to Share Their Story
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Amid Trauma, Knowing Who Wants to Share Their Story

Lisa Krantz, NF ’20, on photographing the aftermath of mass shootings
Lisa Krantz
January 12, 2023
Investigating a ‘Windfall’ for Temp Agencies
Niemans @ Work

Investigating a ‘Windfall’ for Temp Agencies

Emily Corwin, NF ‘21, on how subsidies to create permanent jobs for the formerly incarcerated are doing the opposite I stopped scrolling and squinted at Harvard’s course catalog, rereading the…
Emily Corwin
January 11, 2023
Addressing Power Equity Issues in The News
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Addressing Power Equity Issues in The News

Kristofer Ríos, NF '23, on why journalists need to be aware of the way we cover vulnerable or underrepresented communities
Kristofer Ríos
January 2, 2023
In Italy, Freelancer Collectives Are Producing Ambitious Investigations
Features

In Italy, Freelancer Collectives Are Producing Ambitious Investigations

At the end of December 2020, freelance journalists Matteo Garavoglia and Youssef Hassan Holgado spent a month-and-a-half traveling across Tunisia to report on the 10th anniversary of the Jasmine Revolution,…
Daniele Ruzza
December 19, 2022
Putting Open-Source Methods Into Practice
Open Source

Putting Open-Source Methods Into Practice

Open Vallejo by Geoffrey King It started with a disturbing tip: Police officers in Vallejo, California, were bending the points of their badges to mark each on-duty killing.  There had…
Elyse Samuels
December 15, 2022
Fighting Back Against SLAPP
Features

Fighting Back Against SLAPP

How journalists are organizing to defeat strategic lawsuits against public participation, which powerful individuals use to silence independent reporting
Jared Schroeder
December 14, 2022
"We Need a Language That Has Been Developed, Defined, and Codified by People Who Look Like Us”
Live @ Lippmann

“We Need a Language That Has Been Developed, Defined, and Codified by People Who Look Like Us”

Deborah Douglas and Susanna Siegel on re-defining objectivity, advocacy journalism, and newsroom power dynamics
December 13, 2022
Open-Source Journalism in a Wired World
Features

Open-Source Journalism in a Wired World

Spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, open-source investigations are being integrated into standard newsroom practice
Maxim Edwards
December 7, 2022
Is It OK for Journalists To Hold Back Scoops for Books?
Features

Is It OK for Journalists To Hold Back Scoops for Books?

Tantalizing bits of information were happily fed to the public in the days leading up to the release of “Confidence Man,” a meaty look at everything from Donald Trump’s upbringing…
Julia Craven
November 22, 2022
Sued for Doing Journalism
Features

Sued for Doing Journalism

In 2021, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry sued Andrea Gallo, a reporter for The Advocate and The Times-Picayune, for requesting access to public records related to sexual harassment complaints against…
Jonathan Peters
November 11, 2022

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