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Mandela and the Interview that Reverberated Around the World

Mandela and the Interview that Reverberated Around the World

Richard Steyn, NF ’86, editor of The Star, was granted a one-on-one interview with Nelson Mandela during his first trip back to Robben Island after his release from prison. Photo…
December 10, 2013

Covering Mandela: From Imprisonment to Freedom

Nearly 26 years separated my first and second encounter with Nelson Mandela.The first time, the African National Congress leader was in the dock in Pretoria facing a strong chance of…
December 8, 2013

Nelson Mandela, 1918 – 2013

Students at the Melpark Primary School in Johannesburg sing “Happy Birthday” as they celebrate former president Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday. Photo by Denis Farrell/The Associated PressNelson Mandela, the first black…
December 5, 2013

Writing the Book: How to Craft Narratives, from Concept to Content

“Writing the Book: How to Craft Narratives, from Concept to Content”  is an in-depth exploration of how journalists can become authors, told by writers of memoirs, novels, and nonfiction narratives.…
December 5, 2013

Trials of Transparency

In 2002, Panama became the first country in Latin America to put a law on the books guaranteeing open access to government records. Yet a law on the books is…
November 19, 2013

Errol Morris: ‘Speaking Power to Truth’

During a discussion with 2014 Nieman Fellow Anna Fifield, right, at the Nieman Foundation, Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris said that Donald Rumsfeld, the subject of his new film…
November 15, 2013

An Exile in His Own Country

Novelist and poet Mircea Cartarescu came of age in Romania during the Communist regime of the 1970s, but even under democratic rule he has found his voice silenced by those…
October 21, 2013

Erik Martin of Reddit on Building Communities and Breaking News

Erik Martin, the general manager of online community platform Reddit.com, spoke at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard on October 9, 2013. During the discussion, moderated by Nieman Journalism…
October 18, 2013

The Too-Many Prisoners Dilemma

With society potentially poised to turn the corner on mass incarceration, will news organizations rise to the challenge and increase their coverage? Or do limited resources and a lack of…
October 16, 2013

Two E-books about Investigative Journalism in the U.S. and Around the World

"Muckraking Goes Global: The Future of Cross-Border Investigative Journalism" examines the achievements and challenges of investigative journalists reporting stories on subjects of global interest and impact. Journalists from Latin America,…
October 16, 2013