News 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 Remembering AP Photographer Anja Niedringhaus, NF ’07 AP photographer and 2007 Nieman Fellow Anja Niedringhaus was shot and killed April 4 by an Afghan police officer while covering the run-up to the elections. In this photo essay… 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 The Sacramento Bee’s “Nevada Patient Busing” series wins Bingham Prize The Sacramento Bee has won the 2013 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism for its five-part series Nevada Patient Busing. The Bee’s investigation found that over the course of five… March 24, 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 Souad Mekhennet, NF ’13, named Young Global Leader Souad Mekhennet, a 2013 Nieman Fellow, has been selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Mekhennet is a German journalist, author, and associate at the Weatherhead… March 11, 2014 Borja Echevarría de la Gándara named VP, Digital at Univision News Spanish journalist and 2013 Nieman-Berkman Fellow Borja Echevarría de la Gándara has been named VP, Digital at Univision News in Miami. March 7, 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 Previous 1 … 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 … 105 Next