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Tara Pixley, NF ’16

Tara Pixley, NF ’16

“Beyond 7 Billion,” the Los Angeles Times’s five-part series, melds excellent writing with stunning visual journalism. It connects global overpopulation to terrorism, environmental collapse, starvation, politicization of birth control, and much…
September 20, 2018
Johanna van Eeden, NF ’15

Johanna van Eeden, NF ’15

It is April 1994. I’m a final year student at a university in South Africa—on the threshold of a career in journalism. It is eerily quiet on campus. Most of the…
September 20, 2018
Jieqi Luo, NF ’15

Jieqi Luo, NF ’15

“The Death of Detainee Sun Zhigang” from 2003 was such a tremendous benchmark, shiny and high, for Chinese journalism. The story led to the initiation of a civil movement calling…
September 20, 2018
Re-examining Lippmann's Legacy

Re-examining Lippmann’s Legacy

Journalists are still grappling with many of the issues that defined Walter Lippmann’s extraordinary career
September 20, 2018
Anita Harris, NF ’82

Anita Harris, NF ’82

A newly minted college grad, in 1970, I happened to catch a rerun of “Harvest of Shame” on TV while I was working on a study of hospital decision-making in…
September 20, 2018
Kalpana Jain, NF ’09

Kalpana Jain, NF ’09

I entered journalism in the late 1980s—about 40 years after India gained freedom from British colonial rule. The media environment, in large part, was shaped by this colonial history. Many…
September 20, 2018
Four News Startups Trying To Improve Civic Discourse

Four News Startups Trying To Improve Civic Discourse

At a time of polarization, journalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists are building platforms aimed at fostering understanding of opposing viewpoints
June 27, 2018
"Money Stories are People Stories"

“Money Stories are People Stories”

After decades as a business journalist, Marilyn Geewax, NF '95, turns to teaching to inspire the next generation
June 25, 2018
In the Philippines, Journalists Confront Fake News and a Crackdown on Press Freedom

In the Philippines, Journalists Confront Fake News and a Crackdown on Press Freedom

Despite the obstacles in an increasingly hostile environment, independent Filipino news outlets are doing vital work
May 22, 2018
Reinventing Local TV News

Reinventing Local TV News

To attract young viewers, stations are going digital-first, crowdsourcing reporting, experimenting with augmented reality, and injecting more personality into the news
April 18, 2018