Author Reporting Risks in Afghanistan During a talk at the Nieman Foundation on April 4, Kim Barker, who covered Afghanistan for the Chicago Tribune, spoke with Afghan journalist Sangar Rahimi, NF ’14, about the challenges… April 4, 2014 Susan Crawford, Visiting Professor in Intellectual Property, Harvard Law School For 77 percent of Americans, the only option for high-speed, high-capacity wired Internet access is through their local cable monopoly. As cable broadband providers consolidate, Americans are left in a… March 26, 2014 Seminar: “Witness Uganda” creators Griffin Matthews and Matt Gould When he flew to Uganda in 2005, Griffin Matthews was just trying to help some kids at a local orphanage. But he wound up starting his own nonprofit, Uganda Project, to… March 13, 2014 2013 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has won the Nieman Foundation’s 2013 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for Deadly Delays. The comprehensive watchdog investigation reveals how delays in newborn screening programs at hospitals… March 12, 2014 Professor Doug Melton, co-director Harvard University Stem Cell Institute Professor Doug Melton’s work for the Harvard Stem Cell Institute hasn’t always made him popular. He fought with the Bush administration over federal funding for his research, argued with religious… March 5, 2014 Latinos: “The Future is Ours” “Take a hard look,” Jorge Ramos implored his audience, “because you’re looking at a dinosaur.” Ramos wasn’t talking about his 25 years on Univision’s news desk—or about his head of… March 5, 2014 Reporting on Russia: In Conversation with Miriam Elder and Julia Ioffe From the Olympics in Sochi, to protests in Kiev that ousted pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, to the movement of Russian troops in Crimea, Russia has been one of the… February 28, 2014 Daniel Gilbert, Harvard Psychology Professor Harvard psychology professor Daniel Gilbert said there is a scientific basis for the advice that mothers give about how to be happy: get married, make money, and have children. The… February 19, 2014 Noah Feldman, Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School During a talk at Lippmann House, Harvard law professor Noah Feldman addressed the future of China and Egypt as well as the furor over what he wrote about his high… February 12, 2014 2014 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism The current class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University selected Pamela Colloff, an executive editor at the Texas Monthly, as this year’s recipient of the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and… February 7, 2014 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
