Jasmine Brown, a 2020 Nieman Fellow and a 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellow, on maintaining her faith in journalism through the struggles of the past year. One of my primary beliefs as a journalist is that I work to shed light … Read more
Rania Abouzeid, a 2020 Nieman Fellow, on adapting her book on the Syrian Civil War for a young audience through “Sisters of the War: Two Remarkable True Stories of Survival and Hope in Syria.” I’d never thought about writing for … Read more
We were on a Zoom family call for my uncle’s birthday attended by dozens of relatives around the world – India, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Australia, USA. “Did you see the latest Nieman Reports?” asked Zawwar Hasan, … Read more
As a kid I loved Superman. The undisputed good guy, he saved the world. Superhero and comic book movies often showcase easy-to-understand stakes, protagonists, and antagonists, making villains and heroes obvious. Depending on how you view the world, for many … Read more
Being in a battleground state has meant having an embattled relationship with the news during the election season. As recently as this past weekend, President Donald Trump counted my hometown, Milwaukee, “among the most dishonest political places,” as a retallying … Read more
Hannane Ferdjani, NF ’20, launched her program “Beyond the Noise” to report on the pandemic’s impact on Africa Providing better narratives about Africa — it’s been my journalism quest since I first stumbled my way into … Read more
David Barboza, NF ’16, is turning information gathered by his journalists into a database for companies During much of my time working as a journalist at The New York Times, I kept asking myself the same question: what do I … Read more
I used to be the king of the N-S-A: No. Strings. Attached. I was single. I had no children. And I was a renter. When the discount plane fare to Japan arrived in my inbox, I flew to Tokyo on … Read more
I spent my childhood in a tiny pink house in suburban Chicago, surrounded by noise. The television blared theme songs from my grandmother’s soap operas. My grandfather’s fire department scanner interrupted with scratchy reports of people in distress. Aunties entered … Read more
Before the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world, people in Milwaukee had another unprecedented preoccupation: the 2020 Democratic National Convention. The four-day event—still slated to take place here, though postponed from July to August because of the … Read more
