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2013 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture

2013 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture

In the weeks before Evan Osnos delivered the 2013 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation, the problems facing journalists in China were prominent in the news:…

2010 Fellows collaborate on new e-book

2010 Nieman Fellows Jeff Howe and Gary Knight have teamed up to produce “Murder on the Mekong,” a new Atavist e-book that takes a close look at a series of…
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…

Muckraking Goes Global: Nieman’s new e-book

In conjunction with the 2013 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Rio de Janeiro, the Nieman Foundation has published a new e-book, Muckraking Goes Global: The Future of Cross-Border Investigative Journalism,…

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…

Nieman celebrates 75 years of fellowship

More than 400 Nieman alumni and affiliates from around the world gathered in Cambridge Sept. 27-29 to celebrate the Nieman Foundation's 75th anniversary. Guests met with leading thinkers from Harvard…
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.…