Search results for “writing+the+book” Showing 889 results Exploring Harvard’s Gates The wrought-iron decoration of the Class of 1881 Gate stands out in silhouette against the blazing white backdrop of Harvard’s neo-classical Littauer Center Students pass through the imposing Class of… January 29, 2014 Season of Dreams Winter is Nieman’s season of dreams. The applications pour in from elite newsrooms and single-person startups, from G8 nations and nearly invisible economies. Most of the international files arrive electronically,… January 29, 2014 Mother of Invention As she lay dying, the widow of a Milwaukee newspaper editor made a gift that has now invigorated journalism for 75 years. Agnes Wahl Nieman, a well-educated woman with a… November 5, 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 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 Things in Threes A ballpark, a boat, and a freezing, windswept ramp outside the old Boston Garden: things in threes, as the nuns used to say. I started my career as a reporter… October 2, 2013 Robert A. Caro, NF ’66 Caro’s interest in understanding Robert Moses took on a new urgency as he sat in an urban planning course at Harvard. The result was “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and… September 27, 2013 Sunday Dare, NF ’01 As editor of The News magazine during a brutal regime in the 1990s, Dare risked his life to report on corruption and other problems in Nigeria During my Nieman year,… September 24, 2013 Larry L. King, NF ’70 King (1929–2012) had a wide range, from “Confessions of a White Racist,” nominated for a National Book Award, to the Playboy article that inspired “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”… September 24, 2013 Harvard Meets the Press This piece was originally published in the Spring 1989 issue of Nieman Reports Louis Lyons, star reporter, pioneer newscaster, member of the first class of Nieman Fellows, and Curator of… September 24, 2013 Previous 1 … 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 … 89 Next
