Archive: Mar 2013

Winter 2013: Class Notes

Nieman Notes• March 12, 2013

1962 Sebastiaan Kleu, a South African editor and economist, died of heart failure on October 11th. He was 85. Kleu began his career in journalism … Read more

Control Information, Control Souls

By Yu Gao• Niemans @ Work• March 12, 2013

Yu Gao, deputy managing editor of Caixin Media and affiliate of 2013 Nieman Fellow Jin Deng, on how Chinese media censorship works Read more

Identity and Integrity

By Yaakov Katz• Sounding• March 12, 2013

Should a reporter ever be off duty? Read more

Tricks of the Trade

By Philip Meyer• Books• March 12, 2013

Undercover reporting fell out of favor in the 1970s but is it worth another look? Read more

Can’t Live with ’em, Can’t Live without ’em

By Dan Froomkin• Books• March 12, 2013

How big telecoms firms put a chokehold on America’s communication pipelines—and what should be done about it Read more

What We Talk About When We Talk About War

By Christina Lamb• Books• March 12, 2013

War correspondent Kevin Sites explores what happens to veterans who have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq Read more

Southern Exposure

By Gene Roberts• Books• March 12, 2013

How three Niemans drove coverage of the civil rights movement Read more

It Can’t Happen Here

By Dan Froomkin• Watchdog• March 12, 2013

Why is there so little coverage of Americans who are struggling with poverty? Read more

The Voice on the Other End of the Line

By Kimberly French• Features• March 12, 2013

Close asked Mark O’Brien, confined to an iron lung, to write about sex and disability. A documentary she co-produced about him won an Oscar. Photo by Paul Sakuma/The Associated Press. RELATED ARTICLE … Read more

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