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Facing Putin

Masha Gessen on the Russian leader’s totalitarian regime and the weaknesses of U.S. media coverage of her country
March 14, 2012

Tom Wicker, Political Columnist for The New York Times, Dies at 85

Tom Wicker, at Attica prison in 1971, spoke and wrote with force and conviction. Photo by Michael Evans/The New York Times.Tom Wicker, NF ’58, a columnist and Washington bureau chief…
December 14, 2011

A.C. Thompson of ProPublica Named Winner of 2011 I.F. Stone Award

A.C. Thompson, whose reporting from post-Katrina New Orleans revealed hate crimes and police brutality, is the winner of the 2011 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence.A reporter with ProPublica, Thompson…
December 8, 2011

Is the Financial Crisis Also a Crime Story?

What happens when reporters pursue the wrong narrative in covering financial news? It is a personal story with deeper implications.
October 13, 2011

Six Decades of Watching Mississippi—Starting in 1947

‘Late in 1977, we started to tackle the comeback of the [Ku Klux Klan] in Mississippi. In response, a cross wrapped in kerosene-soaked rags was set ablaze just past midnight…
October 13, 2011

Evin Prison: A Destination for ‘Troublesome’ Journalists In Iran

Nicola Bruno’s provocative piece about machines replacing journalists is among the essays featured in this section of Nieman Reports. Other writers take us inside Tehran’s Evin prison, where Iran held…
September 27, 2011

Being There to See—With the Challenge of Being Heard

‘I learned quickly that for a black reporter to cover a civil rights story in the Deep South and live to tell about it, I had to blend in.’ 
September 15, 2011

Carl Sandburg’s Reporting Foretold the Chicago Race Riots of 1919

‘No other mainstream white journalist in America’s second largest city was writing anything close to Sandburg’s depth about its festering racial problems.’
September 13, 2011

Arab Media: Rebuilding Trust With Their Public

Knowing where you are coming from helps in charting where you want to go. The Arab mass media, like many other sectors of society, need to gauge how to take…
September 13, 2011

Fall 2011: Class Notes

Cases unheard. Justice denied. These words fit many crimes committed with racial intent a half century ago. Now reporters burrow into forgotten files, locate witnesses, track down suspects, publish what…
September 9, 2011