Speaking before journalists and policymakers at Harvard on Dec. 8, USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah discussed USAID initiatives that are saving the lives of people around the globe, including successful programs to reduce child mortality rates. Read more
In 1961, FCC Chairman Newt Minow famously described television as a “vast wasteland” and called for new public interest programming. Fifty years later, Minow gathered at Harvard with others including Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow, Nieman Foundation Curator Ann Marie Lipinski (NF ’90), Jonathan Alter of Bloomberg View, and Harvard Law School’s Yochai Benkler, Terry Fisher, John Palfrey, and Jonathan Zittrain to reflect on the changed nature of television and the dramatic shifts that have shaped the media landscape in the past five decades. Read more
The Nieman Foundation, in partnership with the Harvard Writers at Work Lecture Series, will host narrative journalism icon Gay Talese in conversation with Esquire magazine’s Chris Jones, two-time winner of the National Magazine Award. The Nov. 18 event starts at 2 p.m. in Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, and is free and open to the public. Read more
Uprisings and revolt are shaping the political future of Arab nations, and journalists are trying to respond to the demand for reporting that people can trust. On Thursday, Oct. 27, Nieman Reports hosted "The Arab Press: Can It Keep Up With Political Transformations?" Read more
Gaps between perception and reality, and ideas for closing for them, were a big part of the discussion as journalists and academics examined legal and economic issues connected to immigration during a conference Friday, Sept. 30 at the Nieman Foundation. Read more
Join executives from The Boston Globe for a discussion about the paper’s much-anticipated new subscription-only website, BostonGlobe.com, on Monday, Sept. 26 at 5:30 p.m. Guests will include Martin Baron, the Globe’s editor; Chris Mayer, the newspaper’s publisher; Michael Manning, product director; and Lisa DeSisto, the paper’s chief advertising officer. Joshua Benton, director of the Nieman Journalism Lab, will moderate the discussion about the Globe’s new paywall. Read more
On Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard will host an evening discussion on how news media collaboration and innovative online tools can bridge the foreign reporting gap. Read more
