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In India, the Last Few Bastions of the Free Press Stand Guard Against Rising Authoritarianism

Over the last seven years, newsrooms have found themselves in the trenches, holding the Modi government to account

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Nieman Fellows call on Pakistan’s government to investigate attacks on Absar Alam, other journalists

Nieman alumna Roza Eftekhari, a champion for women’s rights and local journalism, dies at 60

Nancy Giles, psychologist and wife of former Nieman curator Bob Giles, dies at 82

Photojournalist Eli Reed wins the 2021 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Ian Menzies, former Boston Globe managing editor and a 1962 Nieman, dies at 101

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Journalist, historian and author Cassandra Tate, NF ’77, dies at 76

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