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Serving the audiences mainstream newsrooms don’t

How the pandemic, anti-police brutality protests, and Atlanta spa shootings starkly illustrate the need for community and immigrant-serving media outlets.

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Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces the 84th class

The journalists will focus their work on some of the most urgent issues facing the industry, ranging from racial justice to disinformation.

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This mobile editing challenge proves you can produce great video anywhere

In episode four of "Field Testing," it becomes clear that the go-to tools for editing video don't need to include a fast laptop or big monitor.

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A “state hijacking” in Belarus shows how far its autocratic regime will go to stop dissident journalists

Airspace, like the internet, might be theoretically universal, but that doesn’t stop governments from treating it as a weapon against dissent.

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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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Foundation News

“She was a woman ahead of her time”

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

Journalist Kenneth Freed, NF ’78, dies at 83

Nieman Foundation is looking for a digital and audience engagement editor

Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces the 84th class of fellows

Come work with us! Nieman Reports is hiring an assistant editor

“Targeted” by Tampa Bay Times wins 2020 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism

The Associated Press wins 2020 Worth Bingham Prize for “Fruits of Labor” investigation

Winners and finalists of the 2021 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards announced

Nieman Foundation announces new I.F. Stone Medal selection committee members

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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