Celeste LeCompte, NF ’15, is the recipient of a 2016 Mirror Award for her article “Automation in the Newsroom,” which appeared in the Summer 2015 issue of Nieman Reports. The cover story, which was recognized in … Read more
In his new memoir “Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter’s Journey Through a Country’s Descent into Darkness,” Dallas Morning News Mexico bureau chief Alfredo Corchado, NF ’09, reflects on his life as a Mexican immigrant to the United States and the extraordinary journey he has taken to cover events in his homeland despite the threat of violence wrought by the country’s drug wars. Read more
Responding to the many dangers faced by reporters today, especially those working in Mexico, a number of leading Latin American and Caribbean journalists have issued a declaration calling for official action on attacks against the media. Read more
Award-winning journalist María Hinojosa recently interviewed two Nieman Fellows for “One-on-One.” Alfredo Corchado, a 2009 Nieman Fellow, talks about why he risks his life every day to report the truth about Mexico's increasingly violent drug war. Anita Snow, a 2010 Nieman Fellow, describes life of a journalist in today’s Cuba and offers predictions for the future. Read more
