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How trans journalists are challenging and changing journalism

Trans reporters want more accurate and more sensitive coverage of trans issues.

FELLOWSHIPS

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Supporting local reporters

Apply by Feb. 18 for an Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism. U.S. journalists covering underserved areas study at Harvard then receive funding for fieldwork at home.

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Covering violence at home

Reporters increasingly are covering abuse by intimate partners as an urgent social crisis, not a private family matter, and stress that domestic violence is not a crime of passion.

NIEMAN STORYBOARD

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Playing with form and structure

A conversation with magazine journalist Mary Melton, who fittingly profiled Julius Shulman, one of the most famous architecture photographers of all time, in 36 “snapshots.”

Fellowships

The Life of a Nieman Fellow

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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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From the Curator

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

Testimonials

Testimonials

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Foundation News

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

Vladimir A. Voina, a 1990 Nieman Fellow who wrote for Russian and U.S. publications, dies at 83

Kim Yong-koo, managing editor of the Korea Times and a 1963 Nieman Fellow, dies at 90

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

“Sign Here to Lose Everything” by Bloomberg News wins 2018 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism

James F. Ahearn, a 1971 Nieman Fellow and longtime reporter and editor in New Jersey, dies at 87

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