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History Lessons: Why Germany's "Google tax" won't work

History Lessons: Why Germany’s “Google tax” won’t work

German publishers are hitting the headlines all over the world with their fight against Google. The Economist has described Germany’s attitude as “Googlephobia” and The New York Times recently compared…
Harvard’s House of Blues

Harvard’s House of Blues

Legendary blues guitarist B.B. King told Nieman Fellows about his hardscrabble beginnings and played for them one afternoon at Lippmann House back in the fall of 1980. That visit came…
Bistra Lankova, NF ’80, 1944 - 1988

Bistra Lankova, NF ’80, 1944 – 1988

The story of B.B. King at Lippmann House would not be complete without more information about Bistra’s background: Bistra Lankova was a producer with the film department of Bulgarian National…
5 Questions for Jill Abramson, former editor of The New York Times

5 Questions for Jill Abramson, former editor of The New York Times

Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson is currently teaching narrative nonfiction at Harvard, where she received her undergraduate degree in 1976. She was an investigative reporter and deputy…

“A Distant Drum” brings the life of Nat Nakasa, NF ’65, to the stage

The story of Nathaniel Nakasa has all the makings of a classic tragedy. Nakasa, a talented black journalist from South Africa, was selected to be a Nieman Fellow in the…
Discovering His Voice

Discovering His Voice

Television reporter and anchor Norman Robinson retired in June, ending a 42-year career in journalism. He spent the past 23 years at WDSU in New Orleans, where he was anchor…
Scott Stossel on Taking Ideas Journalism Online at The Atlantic (Complete Transcript)

Scott Stossel on Taking Ideas Journalism Online at The Atlantic (Complete Transcript)

Atlantic editor Scott Stossel on keeping one of America’s oldest print magazines relevant
Undercovering the Sources of Racial Conflict

Undercovering the Sources of Racial Conflict

Do today’s news media, legacy or digital, have what it takes to explore the underlying sources of racial conflict like the recent troubles in Ferguson, Missouri? There is plenty of…
5 Questions for Boston Globe Editor Brian McGrory

5 Questions for Boston Globe Editor Brian McGrory

Brian McGrory, who has been a White House correspondent, columnist, and a deputy managing editor during his 25 years at The Boston Globe, has been editor of the paper since…
Celebrating 35 Years at Walter Lippmann House

Celebrating 35 Years at Walter Lippmann House

For its first 40 years, the Nieman Foundation was something of a nomad. It had been created in 1938 through money left to Harvard by Agnes Wahl Nieman, the widow…