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Picking Up Where Slain Journalists Leave Off

For Sandrine Rigaud, NF ’25, a multicultural childhood opened a path to Forbidden Stories.

Sandrine Rigaud

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Apply now for a 2025-26 Nieman Fellowship

Join us for a year of study at Harvard! We’re accepting applications for members of the Nieman class of 2026. International journalists should apply by Dec. 1, 2024. The deadline for U.S. candidates is Jan. 31, 2025.

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Nieman Reports is hiring a new editor

We’re looking for a visionary editor to lead a team of journalists and creatives and manage the production of Nieman Reports, a leading publication about the most crucial issues facing journalists today.

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Mark Travis, NF ’03, longtime community newspaper journalist and author, dies at 67

A newspaper reporter, editor and publisher, Travis had written openly about his long health journey on his blog “We Meet Again” after being diagnosed with leukemia in 2010.

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