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International Reporting Must Distinguish Hindu Nationalism from Hinduism

Western media need to describe the full context and complexities of religion and politics in India

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Join the Nieman class of 2021

U.S. journalists: Remember to apply by Jan. 31 for a chance to study at Harvard as a Nieman Fellow in the class of 2021. Candidates for the Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism should apply by Feb. 18.

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2020 Knight Fellows announced

The Nieman Foundation has selected eight media innovators as the 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows. They’ll each spend time at Harvard in the coming year to develop a project designed to advance journalism.

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A preview of journalism in 2020

At the end of each year, Nieman Lab asks some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media what they think lies ahead for the news industry. Here are their predictions for the coming year, including trends to follow.

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Since 1938, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism has brought more than 1,600 promising and accomplished journalists from 98 countries to Harvard for a year of study, innovation and experimentation.

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Foundation News

Nieman Foundation announces the 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows

Under the influence of architecture critic Whitney Gould, NF ’74

Puerto Rico’s Centro de Periodismo Investigativo wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Whitney Gould, influential architecture critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and a 1974 Nieman Fellow, dies at 76

Ray Jenkins, a 1965 Nieman Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who worked for President Jimmy Carter, dies at 89

Kathryn Johnson, trailblazing civil rights reporter for the AP and a 1977 Nieman Fellow, dies at 93

Nieman Foundation announces named fellowships for the class of 2020

Mitchel R. Levitas, editor and reporter at New York Times for almost 40 years and a 1959 Nieman Fellow, dies at 89

Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces the 82nd class of Nieman Fellows

Dejan Anastasijevic, a 2002 Nieman Fellow and highly respected veteran journalist in Serbia, dies at 57

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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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The Gates of Harvard Yard

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Telling True Stories

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