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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…
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…
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
Where Are the Women?

Where Are the Women?

Why we need more female newsroom leaders
Ready for the Big One: Making the Case for Disaster Preparedness Reporting

Ready for the Big One: Making the Case for Disaster Preparedness Reporting

Extreme weather may be changing attitudes about disaster reporting, making editors and the public more receptive to stories questioning preparedness
In Praise of Digital

In Praise of Digital

Since its publication in 2001, “The Elements of Journalism” has been the industry-standard text on the ethics and practice of journalism. In this edited excerpt from the third edition, published…
Ben Smith: The Complete Transcript

Ben Smith: The Complete Transcript

When Ben Smith joined BuzzFeed as editor in chief in 2012, the site was better known for cute cat videos and fun lists than for serious journalism. Over the past…

Nurturing the Next Generation of Watchdogs

On my way into work at Medill Watchdog for the first time, I stopped at Hanig’s Shoe Store. It was February 1, 2011, part of a three-day storm in which…
Remembering Anja Niedringhaus

Remembering Anja Niedringhaus

AP photographer and 2007 Nieman Fellow Anja Niedringhaus was killed in Afghanistan on April 4