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The Great Disconnect: How Journalists at Local and National Outlets Are Evolving Different Skill Sets

The Great Disconnect: How Journalists at Local and National Outlets Are Evolving Different Skill Sets

As the editor of a nonprofit news site in New Orleans, I occasionally receive emails from young, earnest college grads who have recently moved to town and want to do…
October 5, 2018
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In his new book "Recovered Memory," Frank Van Riper meditates on his career in newspapers from the 1960s to the 1980s
October 1, 2018
Abdul Waheed Wafa, NF ’11

Abdul Waheed Wafa, NF ’11

My childhood in Afghanistan coincided with a communist regime under which we had access only to government-sponsored media, including TV, radio, and a couple of newspapers—all tools for government propaganda.…
September 20, 2018
Rick Tulsky, NF ’89

Rick Tulsky, NF ’89

In 1985 I encountered a book unlike anything I had ever read. “Common Ground” by J. Anthony Lukas, NF ’69, took a critical issue—race relations—and told the story in the…
September 20, 2018
Lisa Stone, NF ’02

Lisa Stone, NF ’02

The April 2018issue of Vanity Fair featured a photo of 26 Black women entrepreneurs—each of whom had raised more than $1 million in capital. I trace the origins of that historic photo…
September 20, 2018

Alisa Sopova, NF ’17

When I think about what influenced me as a journalist, a classic example of excellent Russian journalism—which is, I believe, extremely relevant now—comes to mind. In an undergraduate class on the…
September 20, 2018
Rami Khouri, NF ’02

Rami Khouri, NF ’02

I first read Jeffrey Fleishman’s 2007 article about poor roof dwellers in Cairo nearly 10 years after he wrote it, while I was teaching a course at the American University…
September 20, 2018
Conroy Chino, NF '84

Conroy Chino, NF ’84

Literature was my first love, but journalism fulfilled a purpose—the chance to right wrongs. I became aware of the visual power of television and the spoken word. I was influenced by…
September 20, 2018
Katherine Fulton, NF ’93

Katherine Fulton, NF ’93

Nieman 80 More Nieman Fellows on exemplary journalism that influenced them I have often been inspired by beautifully reported and written narrative histories that bring the “deeper news” to life.…
September 20, 2018
Bruce Stannard, NF ’83

Bruce Stannard, NF ’83

The America’s Cup in the summer of 1983 was not only the longest and most intensive assignment of my career—one that went on day and night for four months—but it…
September 20, 2018