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Dear America

Advice from areas of the world where press freedom is under attack

Ann Marie Lipinski

Fellowships

Since 1938, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism has brought more than 1,700 promising and accomplished journalists from 100 countries to Harvard for a year of study, innovation and experimentation.

Publications

The Nieman Foundation publishes Nieman Reports, a website and quarterly magazine chronicling contemporary challenges and opportunities in journalism; Nieman Journalism Lab, a website reporting on digital media innovation; and Nieman Storyboard, a website exploring the art and craft of nonfiction storytelling.

From Nieman Reports

Nieman Reports’ Top 5 First-Person Essays of 2024 

Nieman Reports’ Top 5 First-Person Essays of 2024 

Nieman Reports’ Top 5 Interviews of 2024

Nieman Reports’ Top 5 Interviews of 2024

Democracies Should Never Spy on Journalists, Even in the Name of National Security

Democracies Should Never Spy on Journalists, Even in the Name of National Security

Sandrine Rigaud

After Assad: What the Fall of Syria’s Dictatorship May Mean for the Country’s Journalists

After Assad: What the Fall of Syria’s Dictatorship May Mean for the Country’s Journalists

From Nieman Storyboard

When digital outreach fails, try pen and paper 

When digital outreach fails, try pen and paper 

Mallary Tenore Tarpley

A journalist, a boy, and a surprising literary gift 

A journalist, a boy, and a surprising literary gift 

Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Passing the torch of the creative nonfiction movement

Passing the torch of the creative nonfiction movement

Kim Cross

Effective editing: “I’m in service of you, the writer”

Effective editing: “I’m in service of you, the writer”

Carly Stern

From Nieman Lab