The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard educates leaders in journalism, promotes innovation and elevates the standards of the profession through our fellowship programs, publications, and programming More than 1,700 journalists from 100 countries have been awarded Nieman fellowships since 1938.
Nieman’s publications:
- Nieman Lab, an online reporting enterprise focused on the future of news and innovation. Nieman Lab has a staff of reporters writing daily about the most significant developments in journalism and has become a leading source of news about digital media for an audience around the world.
- Nieman Reports, an online magazine that explores contemporary journalism’s most important challenges and provides a forum for the industry’s leading voices on issues of ethics, values, innovation and more.
- Nieman Storyboard, a website that showcases exceptional narrative journalism and the art and craft of reported storytelling. Storyboard has become an important gathering place for the top practitioners of narrative journalism to talk about what works and why.
Session Presentation Slides
- Covering Protests, Using Media, and Protecting Your Work: A Legal Primer
Jonathan Gaston-Falk, staff attorney at the Student Press Law Center - Write Like the Pros
2026 Nieman Fellows Silvia Foster-Frau, a national investigative reporter covering immigration for The Washington Post, and Marcela García, a Boston Globe opinion columnist and associate editor whose commentaries focus on immigration, social inequities, and Hispanic issues - How to Think Like an Investigative Journalist
2026 Nieman Fellow Sotiris Sideris, data editor at the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism in the U.S. and Reporters United in Greece, and Andrew Ryan, a member of the Spotlight Team at The Boston Globe and a 2024 Murrey Marder Nieman Fellow in Watchdog Journalism
AI in the Newsroom: Risks vs. Rewards
- Uli Köppen, NF ’19, chief AI officer at public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich, Germany
- Ron Stodghill, NF ’01, professor at the Missouri School of Journalism
- Jaemark Tordecilla, NF ’24, journalist, media advisor, and technologist from the Philippines focusing on AI and newsroom innovation
- Tyler Dukes (moderator), NF ’17, lead editor for AI innovation in journalism at McClatchy Media Co.
Journalism at an AI Inflection Point: As artificial intelligence moves into newsrooms, four Nieman Fellows weigh in on the technology’s promise, limits, and risks (Nieman Reports)
Links and Tip Sheets
- Journalists of Color on Slack
- Press Rights Primer (video): A comprehensive overview of the laws protecting student-run media outlets and your rights as a student journalist with Frank D. LoMonte, former director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, based at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. LoMonte, now senior counsel at CNN, previously served as executive director of the Student Press Law Center in Virginia.
- Covering Campus Rape and Sexual Assault, a tip sheet from The Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
- The Open Government Guide from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
- Online Harassment Field Manual from PEN America: Whether you’re experiencing or witnessing online abuse, this guide offers concrete strategies for how to defend yourself and others.
- For legal resources, contact the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
- One Way to Help a Journalism Industry in Crisis: Make J-School Free by Graciela Mochkofsky
- Press Freedom on Campus: Why it Matters and What Student Journalists Need Most from the International Center for Journalists
- Search of Reporter’s Home Tests Law With Roots in a Campus Paper’s Suit
The Stanford Daily lost a 1978 Supreme Court case over the search of its newsroom. But a bipartisan backlash prompted a federal law protecting journalists.
Student Press Law Center
- Student Media Alert: Student media groups warn of unprecedented threats (April 4, 2025)
- SPLC's Free Legal Hotline
- Top 10 college FAQs
- Guide to student press freedom at public colleges
- Guide for the private school press
- Slide Presentation from Georges Conference: Know Your Rights as a Student Journalist
Fellowships/Internships
- The 19th News Fellowship: Provides yearlong, salaried fellowships for recent graduates, mid-career alums and former students of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Chips Quinn Program for Diversity in Journalism Fellowship: Provides a one-year mentorship for early career journalists.
- Journalism Fellowship opportunities, via the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
- Journalism Fellowship listings via JournalismJobs.com
- AP summer internships
- Report for America: A national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities.
Journalism Job Sites
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- National Association of Black Journalists
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists
- National Coalition Against Censorship
- National Center for Business Journalism
- National Education Writers Association
- National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
- National Newspaper Association
- National Press Club
- National Press Foundation
- National Press Photographers Association
- Native American Journalists Association
- NewsLab
- The Newseum
- Newspaper Association of America
- The Newspaper Guild
- NewsTrain
- News University
- Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University