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NIEMAN REPORTS

With the loss of physical newsrooms, how are young journalists faring?

Reporters just starting their careers on finding mentors and collaborators in the time of Covid.

AWARDS

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Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation Announce the 2021 Lukas Prizes Shortlist

The Lukas Prizes, established in 1998, honor the best in American nonfiction writing.

NIEMAN STORYBOARD

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Jumpstart your writing routine: coffee, journals, sketches and postcards

A science freelancer works her way out of COVID malaise with morning writing rituals.

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Facebook got everything it wanted out of Australia by being willing to do what the other guy wouldn’t

“One cannot be betrayed if one has no people.”

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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

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Alumni Perspectives

Alumni Perspectives

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Foundation News

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation Announce the 2021 Lukas Prizes Shortlist

Journalist Martin Gehlen remembered for his “generous heart and brilliant mind”

Martin Gehlen, a respected Middle East correspondent and a 1992 Nieman Fellow, dies at 64

India’s Caravan Magazine wins the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

Robert Collins “R.C.” Smith, a journalist, education advocate, and a 1961 Nieman Fellow, dies at 93

Bryan Monroe remembered as “a giant of our industry, larger than life in so many good ways”

Nieman Reports is looking for a senior editor to join its staff

Bryan Monroe, 2003 Nieman Fellow and former president of NABJ, dies at 55

“Enormous energy and a nearly equal capacity for empathy”

Nieman Foundation announces the 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellows

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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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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