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Common Ground—Nieman Reports, Our Conference

The articles in this issue spotlight the challenges independent and investigative reporters and editors confront as they hold those in power accountable.

Intimidation, Exile and the Exhilaration of an Investigative Story Being Published

‘Panama’s La Prensa and [Enrique] Zileri’s Caretas [in Peru] were exceptional places where investigative journalism was encouraged and defended, though both had to pay a price for doing it.’

The Stark Contrast of Words and Deeds

‘In Armenia, the shutdown of A1+ was a valuable lesson to all nonstate-run TV companies in showing what happens to a company that acts in ways considered to be unloyal…

Russian Journalists Need Help in Exposing Corruption

‘While journalists and bloggers in Russia risk their lives to reveal corrupt practices, there are ways that those living in free and lawful societies can aid their efforts.’

Investigating Farm Subsidies on a Global Stage

Farm subsidies in Europe is a natural topic for journalists. Investigative reporters know what comes from following the money. Since close to half of the European Union’s total budget goes…

An Idea Born Out of Necessity—And It Works!

‘Journalists who have promising ideas for investigations but work for news organizations with few resources apply for support.’

Sorin Ovidiu Vintu: Buying Propaganda as News

Romanian businessman Sorin Ovidiu Vintu has a simple strategy for dealing with journalists: “I don’t want to do any business with them,” he said. “I just want to buy them…

Journalists Who Dared to Report—Before They Fled or Were Murdered

Fatima Tlisova is an independent journalist living in exile after enduring years of intimidation and threats, harassment and arrest by government officials in the North Caucasus region of Russia. Earlier…

Teaching the Science of Journalism in China

‘... I was constantly aware that the journalism they could practice was antithetical to the principles I was teaching, or so I believed, until I learned to trust the scientific…

Establishing a Digital Value for Watchdog Reporting

‘Our impulse as digital journalists is to innovate—and this means finding stories that aren’t being covered by other news media in Baltimore and doing what we can to illuminate them…