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Social Media and the Boston Bombings

Nieman Visiting Fellow Hong Qu analyzes the role social media played in breaking the news of the Boston Marathon attack
June 13, 2013

Reporting on Radicalization

Massachusetts Institute of Technology student Hajar Boughoula of Tunisia writes a message on the ground with chalk near a makeshift memorial for fallen MIT police officer Sean Collier on the…
June 13, 2013
Organize the Noise: Tweeting Live from the Boston Manhunt

Organize the Noise: Tweeting Live from the Boston Manhunt

A reporter and a programmer on what social media coverage of the Boston bombings means for journalism
June 13, 2013

Signal vs. Noise in Coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombings

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…
June 10, 2013

Twitter, Credibility and The Watertown Manhunt

Twitter coverage of the manhunt in Watertown marks a wake-up call to journalists everywhere. Even more remarkable are the implications for ordinary citizens who, without a press pass, intentionally plant…
April 19, 2013

Murrey Marder: “Utterly Tenacious About the Truth”

Reflecting on the Momentous Career of a Washington Post Reporter Who Helped Bring Joe McCarthy Down
April 4, 2013

Critical Condition

“If you are counting full-time critic jobs at newspapers, you may as well count tombstones.” That was the response of Johanna Keller, director of the Goldring Arts Journalism Program at…
March 12, 2013

The Big Chill

The Obama administration is operating amid unprecedented secrecy—while attacking journalists trying to tell the public what they need to know.
October 15, 2012

Un-American Activities

‘The record of the FBI’s obsession [with student radicals] and meddling is overwhelming.’
October 15, 2012

Lessons From Fukushima

‘More than a year after the accident, we still do not have any serious investigative reporting on [Japanese nuclear power plant owner] Tepco…’
October 12, 2012