Alumni Perspectives

Beth Macy, NF ’10

Beth Macy, NF ’10

I was a much more confident journalist — convinced, finally, that it really was possible to do big journalism in smaller communities — and I was more curious about the larger world, and where the communities I wrote about fit within them.

The Nieman Fellowship has supported people in countries that are very repressive. Comparing then and now, it’s day and night.

Joseph Thloloe, NF ’89
Gwen Thompkins, NF ’11

Gwen Thompkins, NF ’11

My area of study when I was at Harvard was storytelling. I tried to use [the] year to learn about all kinds of different ways to tell stories.