Over the past year, the Nieman Foundation has invited some of journalism’s most decorated thinkers into conversation on topics ranging from climate coverage to crime reporting to the pandemic’s impact on the health and medicine beat. As 2021 closes out, … Read more
The past year has brought a host of new challenges for journalism: the ongoing pandemic, a new presidency, increasing extremism following Jan. 6, to name a few. Nieman Reports’ columnists and writers have addressed these and other challenges, with nuanced … Read more
Buffeted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, journalists around the globe were once again confronted with an array of obstacles to informing their audiences. In some cases, the impediment was subtle, like decades-old norms that prioritize the voices of law enforcement … Read more
In the fall of 2020, voters across the country waited in long lines to cast their ballots in a pivotal election, with press on hand to cover the action. One Georgia TV reporter talked to an upbeat voter who … Read more
On a warm evening earlier this fall, Brussels felt almost like it did before the pandemic. Over wine and tapas, journalists and diplomats mingled outside a bar on Place Jourdan, a stone’s throw from the European Parliament. For some, the … Read more
