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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…

Two Nieman fellows have been selected as finalists for the 2012 Pulitzer Prizes. Judges recognized Tony Bartelme, NF’11, and Alexandra Garcia, NF'13.

Brian McGrory was named editor of The Boston Globe just four months before the Boston Marathon bombings captured the world’s attention. Ten days into that coverage, McGrory spoke with David…

Clark Gilbert is president and CEO of the Deseret News Publishing Company and Deseret Digital Media. But before he took over the Salt Lake City-based newspaper and television company, he was professor of…

Twitter coverage of the manhunt in Watertown marks a wake-up call to journalists everywhere. Even more remarkable are the implications for ordinary citizens who, without a press pass, intentionally plant…

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Robert Caro, NF ’66, reporter Beth Macy, NF’10, and author Andrew Solomon are winners of the 2013 Lukas Prize Project Awards, honoring the best in American nonfiction…

In a breaking news situation, journalists get an adrenaline rush. There is a palpable eagerness to get the scoop, to be the first to bring the story to the public.…

As part of his Nieman Fellowship, Boston Globe reporter David Abel is taking a class on how to make documentary films. Yesterday he was working on his final project, about…

The explosions at the Boston Marathon made front-page news around the world, with Líberation in Paris, El País in Madrid, and The Jerusalem Post in Israel carrying coverage from 2013…

This year’s Christopher J. Georges Conference on College Journalism was held at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard on April 12-13, 2013. During the two-day event, more than 70 students from…