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New Challenges, New Rewards for Journalists on Social Media

In the age of crowdsourced reporting, we need professional journalists more than ever

Niemans Cover the Boston Marathon Bombs

Image courtesy of the Newseum A selection of stories by Niemans about the Boston attacksThe explosions at the Boston Marathon made front-page news around the world, with Líberation in Paris,…

Journalism & the Boston Marathon Bombings

From left, David Beard, Cheryl Fiandaca, and Seth Mnookin, speaking at the Nieman Foundation on May 1. Photo by Jonathan Seitz“One of the things that’s happening with Twitter is the…

Social Media and the Boston Bombings

Nieman Visiting Fellow Hong Qu analyzes the role social media played in breaking the news of the Boston Marathon attack

“The Story of a Lifetime”

Brian McGrory, 51, was named editor of The Boston Globe just four months before the Boston Marathon bombings captured the world’s attention. Ten days into that coverage, McGrory spoke with…

Curation Is the Key to Bringing Social Media and Journalism Together

How journalists can curate social media streams

The (New) Industry Standard: Making Citizen Broadcasters into Citizen Journalists

When everyone is a publisher, everyone should be a journalist, too
Organize the Noise: Tweeting Live from the Boston Manhunt

Organize the Noise: Tweeting Live from the Boston Manhunt

A reporter and a programmer on what social media coverage of the Boston bombings means for journalism

Signal vs. Noise in Coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombings

One tweeter boasted of a "game-changing victory" for crowdsourcing in the early hours of the Boston area manhunt. But what began as a low-grade fever on social media spiked with…

“Terrorism Has No Religion”

Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, came to the throne in 1999. Since then, he has expanded the rights of women, modernized his country, and established Bahrain as…