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Change Starts Small: The Texas Tribune Chooses Efficiency Over Size

Photo by Todd Wiseman“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” These words, from the…

Small Pieces, Loosely Joined: Nicco Mele on the End of Big News

Photo by Eden BrackstoneI am not a journalist. I’m a digital guy. I am well versed in the trends of newspapers’ decline, but at the age of 35 I’ve never…

“A Marathon Without a Finish”

All of a sudden, I heard a massive boom. I felt the ground shake, and saw the plume of white smoke rising from the sidewalk. Then I heard the second…

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