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“Like a Box of Chocolates”

“Like a Box of Chocolates”

For Elaine Shannon, NF ’75, knowing when to change course paid off with a new book
April 5, 2019
Abdul Waheed Wafa, NF ’11

Abdul Waheed Wafa, NF ’11

My childhood in Afghanistan coincided with a communist regime under which we had access only to government-sponsored media, including TV, radio, and a couple of newspapers—all tools for government propaganda.…
September 20, 2018
“… Go to War I Did, and at Considerable Trouble”

“… Go to War I Did, and at Considerable Trouble”

Associated Press correspondent Ruth Cowan fought generals and editors to become one of the first women credentialed to cover World War II
September 14, 2018
Six Journalism Startups Illustrating the Unique Pressures Driving Media Innovation in Europe

Six Journalism Startups Illustrating the Unique Pressures Driving Media Innovation in Europe

Capitalizing on the strengths of their smaller markets and the inexpensive cost of reaching audiences online, these innovative startups are cultivating specialties, offering ancillary services, and even becoming major media…
July 10, 2018
What Journalists Need to Know About Writing Screenplays

What Journalists Need to Know About Writing Screenplays

Narrative writers on the similarities—and crucial differences—between journalism and screenwriting
February 28, 2018
“Fixing” the Journalist-Fixer Relationship

“Fixing” the Journalist-Fixer Relationship

A new study explores the divisions between fixers and correspondents, as the Global Reporting Centre examines alternate models of doing foreign reporting
November 15, 2017
“Charlottesville is a reminder to us … that we have to ramp up our game”

“Charlottesville is a reminder to us … that we have to ramp up our game”

Three veteran journalists on what can be learned from coverage of the civil rights movement and the level of reporting current events demand
August 15, 2017
Violence at Home and Abroad

Violence at Home and Abroad

On a sunny Friday in May, a sweetly solemn ceremony unfolded on the grounds of Harvard’s Lippmann House as Nieman Fellows gathered for a class reunion. Missing was Anja Niedringhaus,…
July 27, 2017
Democracy at the Dinner Table

Democracy at the Dinner Table

I often feel my job is to trick people into paying attention to the world around them. Beauty, light, and composition are my tools to draw one’s eye into the…
November 29, 2016
Anne Hull, NF ’95

Anne Hull, NF ’95

Public Service, 2008 · The Washington Post
August 2, 2016