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Learning from Little Rock: A Look at Black Lives Matter Protests and the Role of Local News

Coverage of protests in Arkansas’ capital highlights the fraught relationship between local newsrooms and the communities they cover.

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

A rolling application process is open now through the application deadline of Sept. 25.

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When the bounds of conventional journalism are too tight

In "The Hero of Goodall Park," Tom Junod unraveled a 50-year-old secret — and helped fashion a new ending.

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People are using Facebook and Instagram as search engines. During a pandemic, that’s dangerous

Data voids on social networks are spreading misinformation and causing real world harm. Here are some ideas on how to fix the problem.

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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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Foundation News

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

Nieman Reports wins 2019 Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism

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