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In Mexico, Coronavirus Coverage Meets a Familiar Government Response: Accuse the Press

In Mexico, Coronavirus Coverage Meets a Familiar Government Response: Accuse the Press

Translated by John Gibler. Leer en español.More than one Mexican journalist found themselves perplexed. After federal authorities laid out the measures to avoid Covid-19 transmissions, such as keeping physical distance between people,…
March 31, 2020
How to Cover Climate Change like We’re Covering the Coronavirus

How to Cover Climate Change like We’re Covering the Coronavirus

Consider this thought experiment:The problem of _____ [insert problem] will cause major upheavals in life as we know it and possibly extensive deaths in _____ [insert amount of time].What is…
March 24, 2020
Journalist Jerry Mitchell on Interviewing Klansmen, Investigating Cold Cases, and His Newest Book

Journalist Jerry Mitchell on Interviewing Klansmen, Investigating Cold Cases, and His Newest Book

Reporter Jerry Mitchell’s stories have helped lead to the convictions of Ku Klux Klansmen guilty of some of the nation’s most notorious crimes, including the 1963 assassination of the Mississippi…
March 18, 2020
How Independent Journalists in Latin America are Finding New Ways to Hold Power to Account

How Independent Journalists in Latin America are Finding New Ways to Hold Power to Account

Despite social turmoil, financial woes, and repressive regimes, Latin American reporters are keeping the journalism alive
February 13, 2020
Covering and Reducing Political Polarization and Conflict

Covering and Reducing Political Polarization and Conflict

Conflict and polarization are rampant today, both in the United States and around the world. According to polls and surveys, we are more divided now in our views than at…
December 13, 2019
Five Tips for Better Coverage of the Climate Crisis

Five Tips for Better Coverage of the Climate Crisis

These are heady times for anyone scrutinizing climate change coverage. Take the volume of coverage, for example, which seems to be on a sharp upward trend this year. More than…
October 28, 2019
The Hong Kong Protests are Also a Fight for a Free Press

The Hong Kong Protests are Also a Fight for a Free Press

Faced with new levels of political pressure and physical threat, Hong Kong’s independent news outlets respond with intrepid reporting and innovative fundraising
October 10, 2019
Less Local News Means Less Democracy

Less Local News Means Less Democracy

When local journalism declines, so does government transparency and civic engagement
September 20, 2019
How Writing Off the Working Class Has Hurt the Mainstream Media

How Writing Off the Working Class Has Hurt the Mainstream Media

A 1951 Nieman Foundation conference on labor reporting tells us what we are missing in reporting today
August 27, 2019

Political Polarization and the Press

Nieman Foundation deputy curator James Geary delivered this talk to the Samsung Press Foundation in Seoul earlier this summer.I would like to talk to you tonight about football, American football,…
August 14, 2019