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Thought leaders in journalism on how to meet the challenges of this moment

In The Newsrooms We Need Now, journalists from AP, CNN, ESPN, Futuro Media, The New York Times, Press On, and elsewhere offer their prescriptions for what the news industry needs to do.

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The Newsrooms We Need Now

In a series of essays in Nieman Reports, thought leaders reflect and offer prescriptions for what the news industry needs to do now.

NIEMAN STORYBOARD

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Introducing “The Pivot,” in which journalists find their way through industry chaos

Nieman Storyboard begins a new series in which it will interview journalists about where they landed after their career plans were derailed, and what they learned along the way.

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Who’s interested in “slow journalism”? Mostly the same people who are into regular ol’ fast journalism

Slow news has been pitched as a way to reach audiences exhausted by daily headlines. But it’s still fast-news junkies who are most attracted to it, new research finds.

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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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Alumni Perspectives

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Foundation News

Nieman Foundation announces named fellowships for the class of 2021

Nieman calls for release of jailed journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, NF ’10, in Zimbabwe

New Nieman Visiting Fellowships to focus on newsroom representation, coronavirus coverage

Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces fellows in the class of 2020-2021

Nieman Lab announces staff changes

An appreciation: Ed Lambeth, journalist, educator and 1968 Nieman Fellow

Brandy Ayers, longtime Alabama newspaper executive and NF ’68, dies at 85

Maria Hinojosa receives the 2020 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence at Harvard

Pamela Colloff’s probe of jailhouse informants for ProPublica, New York Times wins Taylor Award

The Wall Street Journal and Frontline win Bingham Prize for Indian Health Service investigation

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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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