Events Political journalists provide election insights at Harvard event The Nieman Foundation and Harvard’s Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity welcomed three leading political journalists to campus on Sept. 27 for “Press and the… October 2, 2012 Google’s head of news products looks to future Addressing an audience at the Nieman Foundation on May 11, Richard Gingras, the head of news products for Google, discussed the need for constant innovation in journalism. Changes in the… May 11, 2012 Global Interests / Local Failures Peruvian miners turn rain forest into wastelands. Corruption and mismanagement keep West Africans from clean drinking water. These and other stories were heard from international journalists who are mapping the impact… April 12, 2012 Drawing History Into Today’s News When Joe Sacco and Chris Hedges traveled to the Gaza Strip in 2001 for Harper’s magazine, they researched a little-known mass killing from 1956. But when the piece, written by… March 1, 2012 USAID head stresses value of global health journalism Speaking before journalists and policymakers at Harvard on Dec. 8, USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah discussed USAID initiatives that are saving the lives of people around the globe, including successful… December 9, 2011 News and Entertainment in the Digital Age: A Vast Wasteland Revisited In 1961, FCC Chairman Newt Minow famously described television as a “vast wasteland” and called for new public interest programming. Fifty years later, Minow gathered at Harvard with others including Harvard Law… November 20, 2011 Freedom of the Press in Latin America Leading Latin American journalists — including past and present Nieman Fellows — gathered at Harvard on Nov. 18 for a one-day conference that took a close look at press freedom in… November 18, 2011 Nieman Reports explores the future of the Arab Press Uprisings and revolt are shaping the political future of Arab nations, and journalists are trying to respond to the demand for reporting that people can trust. On Thursday, Oct. 27,… October 27, 2011 The Futures of Immigration: Scholars and Journalists in Dialogue Gaps between perception and reality, and ideas for closing for them, were a big part of the discussion as journalists and academics examined legal and economic issues connected to immigration… September 30, 2011 Journalism in Eastern Europe: Who controls the media? The end of the Cold War and the collapse of a dozen totalitarian states 20 years ago triggered the emergence of democracy in the region previously known as the Communist… May 5, 2011 Previous 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 Next
