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A Conversation and a Box of Kleenex

A Conversation and a Box of Kleenex

Lea Thau explains the editorial and emotional processes behind live storytelling

Download “The State of Journalism in China”

“The State of Journalism in China” looks at how journalists in China work around the Communist Party’s efforts to rein in free speech. International reporters often face surveillance and harassment…
“Access Is Overrated”: The Extended Transcript

“Access Is Overrated”: The Extended Transcript

Before joining The New Yorker in 1995, Jane Mayer spent 12 years as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where she was the paper’s first female White House correspondent.…
The Secret Life of Keywords

The Secret Life of Keywords

Online and database searches as a reporting tool
Moral Hazard

Moral Hazard

Are the linguistic tricks Chinese journalists use to express their opinions just another form of self-censorship?
“Access Is Overrated”

“Access Is Overrated”

Watch video of Jane Mayer’s presentation at the Nieman Foundation’s 75th Anniversary celebration Before joining The New Yorker in 1995, Jane Mayer spent 12 years as a reporter at The…
Nimble with Numbers

Nimble with Numbers

John A. McDermott founded The Chicago Reporter in 1972. Despite his best intentions, the Reporter is still around today.A civil rights activist who stood with the Rev. Martin Luther King…
Anthony, NF ’57, and David Lewis, NF ’94

Anthony, NF ’57, and David Lewis, NF ’94

David Lewis was the first CNN employee to receive a Nieman and has worked throughout the broadcast news business. His father, Anthony Lewis, who died in March of this year,…
George de Lama, NF ’92

George de Lama, NF ’92

During 30 years at the Chicago Tribune, de Lama opened three bureaus in Latin America and rose through the ranks from reporter to foreign correspondent to managing editor for news…
A.B. Guthrie Jr., NF ’45

A.B. Guthrie Jr., NF ’45

Guthrie (1901–1991), who spent 21 years at The Lexington (Ky.) Leader, called the Nieman Fellowship his “big break.” English professor Theodore Morrison helped him write the novel “The Way West,”…