Events

Covering Nuclear Issues: A Workshop for Journalists

Covering Nuclear Issues: A Workshop for Journalists

Covering Nuclear Issues: A Workshop for Journalists is an intensive training workshop for journalists covering nuclear issues. Our goal is to bring together a diverse group of reporters, academics, researchers and…
Covering Immigration: The Story behind the Politics, Economics and U.S. Law

Covering Immigration: The Story behind the Politics, Economics and U.S. Law

With generous support from the MacArthur Foundation, the Nieman Foundation organized a workshop in late October for reporters, editors and new media voices who cover immigration. Designed for those who…

Mircea Cӑrtӑrescu, Romanian novelist and poet

Novelist and poet Mircea Cărtărescu came of age in Romania during the Communist regime of the 1970s, but even under democratic rule he has found his voice silenced by those in…

Erik Martin, Reddit

Erik Martin, the general manager of online community platform Reddit.com, spoke at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard on October 9, 2013. During the discussion, moderated by Nieman Journalism…
Jane Mayer accepts the 2013 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Jane Mayer accepts the 2013 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Before joining The New Yorker in 1995, Jane Mayer spent 12 years as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where she was the paper’s first female White House correspondent.…
Jane Mayer accepts the 2013 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Jane Mayer accepts the 2013 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Before joining The New Yorker in 1995, Jane Mayer spent 12 years as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where she was the paper’s first female White House correspondent.…
Nieman Foundation’s 75th Anniversary Celebration

Nieman Foundation’s 75th Anniversary Celebration

Thanks to all who attended our 75th anniversary weekend and made it such a tremendous success. Watch videos of Saturday sessions below, including LBJ biographer Robert Caro, NF ’66, discussing his life’s work with The Washington…
2012 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

2012 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

New York Times reporter Sam Dolnick has won the 2012 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism for his three-part series Unlocked: Inside New Jersey’s Halfway Houses. During a lengthy investigation of New…
Journalism and the Boston Marathon Bombings

Journalism and the Boston Marathon Bombings

Timing, Trust, and Credibility in the Age of Twitter The Boston Marathon bombings may well have been America’s first fully interactive national tragedy. During a roundtable conversation on Wednesday, May…

How Latinos are Seen and Heard in America

During a special event at the Nieman Foundation, three leading journalists discussed how changing demographics and the new media environment are shaping the nation’s understanding of migration, politics and Latino…