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The Free Press Under Threat in Central Europe

Despite financial challenges and government pressure, independent newsrooms in Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Poland are finding ways to keep reporting

Awards

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The Lukas Prize Project awards

The Lukas Prize Project awards honor outstanding American nonfiction. Together with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, we’re pleased to announce the 2019 winners.

NIEMAN STORYBOARD

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Covering apocalyptic issues without losing hope

In a Storyboard Q&A, Washington Post writer Dan Zak discusses his daring and emotional query about climate change, and finding some calm in the controversy.

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Correcting our mistakes on social media

Even the best reporters eventually get something wrong. A Fort Worth Star-Telegram experiment tried to use the tools that spread stories to spread mea culpas instead.

Fellowships

The Life of a Nieman Fellow

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Since 1938, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism has brought more than 1,500 promising and accomplished journalists from 96 countries to Harvard for a year of study, innovation and experimentation.

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From the Curator

Experiment, discover and innovate as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard Read more

Testimonials

Testimonials

Hear what fellows say about the impact of their time on campus Read more

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Learn more about Nieman Fellowships and how to apply for one Read more

Foundation News

Maurice Chammah, Steven Dudley, Shane Bauer, Andrew Delbanco, and Jeffrey C. Stewart Win the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

The University of Chicago Institute of Politics and the Nieman Foundation Announce Campaign Journalism Conference in April

Nieman Foundation announces the 2019 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows

Indianapolis Star reporter Marisa Kwiatkowski wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Nieman Foundation announces year two of the Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism

Remembering Chris Cousins, NF ’07

Nieman Foundation announces the Harry M. Davis Nieman Fellowship in Science Journalism

“What Ever Happened to the Free Press?”

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jacqui Banaszynski joins Nieman Storyboard as editor

Nieman Fellows begin new jobs

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; Nieman Storyboard, a website exploring the art and craft of nonfiction storytelling; as well as a series of print and e-books about current issues in journalism

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How To Make J-school Matter (Again)

Amy Webb's new approach to curriculum and classroom education

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Be the Disruptor

Clayton M. Christensen applies the lessons of disruptive innovation to the media

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The Gates of Harvard Yard

Pulitzer-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin on Harvard's iconic portals

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Telling True Stories

Practical craft tips on narrative nonfiction from some of America's leading journalists