On my first morning in Lippmann House, I was given a thick green folder with lots of information to be quickly absorbed. Inside was a memo from Bill Kovach addressed “To My Successor.” “You poor man,” I thought. “You gave … Read more
Nearly four years have passed since my class toasted many farewells at the elegant Harvard Faculty Club. Our Curator, Bill Kovach, had the last word: “You are part of a community now that stretches around the world, that’s there all … Read more
In the end, the Nieman year is always about people. The people who share that magical title of “fellow,” and those whom we meet along the route of our nine-month carriage ride through Harvard. It is about connections and conversations … Read more
Bilingual radio stations have long been a place of community for the Latino diaspora in the United States. Now, it’s the forefront of Utah’s newest public radio experiment. The first Spanish-language radio waves in the United States were broadcast in … Read more
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian independent media outlets have faced intense censorship by the government. In March 2022, a few days after the war began, the government swiftly implemented a series of laws … Read more
When Evan Gershkovich was freed, the journalism community exhaled. The Wall Street Journal reporter, detained for over a year on sham espionage charges, was released in a prisoner swap, ending a determined campaign symbolized by the “Free Evan Now” buttons … Read more
Reporters pursued the president in a feeding frenzy. White House resistance didn’t deter them from pounding away, day after day, at his credibility. Critics, however, believed the issue to be hyped out of proportion. To them, parts of the media … Read more
