The War in Ukraine. Hurricane Ian. The fall of Roe v. Wade. The midterm elections. The continuing pandemic. The intensity and pace of the news showed no signs of slowing in 2022. Throughout the year, Nieman Reports published dozens of … Read more
This past year has been characterized by threats to democracy — and to journalism. Though many election-denying Republican candidates were defeated in the 2022 mid-term elections, former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to spread disinformation about the … Read more
Our most read stories of 2022 tackle some of journalism’s most pressing issues: women and their struggles for equality in newsrooms, reframing the way we cover politics, and examining the personal identity of journalists outside of their employer. They also … Read more
Over the past year, Nieman Reports has sat down with a number of people who are propelling journalism forward. From editors leading new initiatives in their newsrooms to experts strategizing solutions to some of the industry’s most pressing problems, Nieman … Read more
At the end of December 2020, freelance journalists Matteo Garavoglia and Youssef Hassan Holgado spent a month-and-a-half traveling across Tunisia to report on the 10th anniversary of the Jasmine Revolution, when large-scale protests led to the ousting of longtime … Read more
Michelle Ye Hee Lee has sharp memories of her first traumatic assignment. It was 2011, and U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords had been shot in a suburban Arizona supermarket parking lot, the victim of a gunman whose rampage that January morning … Read more
Open Vallejo by Geoffrey King It started with a disturbing tip: Police officers in Vallejo, California, were bending the points of their badges to mark each on-duty killing. There had long been rumors of a gang-like culture within … Read more
Primož Cirman started receiving orange, business-card-sized slips of paper in his Celje, Slovenia, mailbox in June 2020. They haven’t stopped coming. Each card is a notice that he has a piece of certified mail waiting for him at the … Read more
Objectivity, once a prized tenet of journalism, has come under scrutiny in recent years. What does it mean to be objective? Should journalists re-define it? And is objectivity an ideal that journalists should still aspire to? Susanna Siegel and Deborah … Read more
What would you do if the target of your investigation threatened you with a lawsuit? What if it came from a direction you weren’t expecting: A government official you’ve been reporting on in Azerbaijan happens to have financial holdings in … Read more
