Search results for “nieman” Showing 1736 results An amputee runs a grueling ultra-marathon in the desert; a reporting team chases along Jeré Longman has almost always been a sports reporter. Aside from a few years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when he covered Dallas Public Schools for the Dallas… June 25, 2019 A literary take on a hole in the ground Faced with nonstop jackhammering, the steady growl and beep of dump trucks, and sickening spirals of dust, residents of a peaceful Manhattan neighborhood searched for ways to take action against… June 19, 2019 “There are more what-ifs than there are stars in the sky.” —New Yorker writer Jill Lepore, in a profile of Ruth Bader Ginsberg June 14, 2019 A writer who cared enough to strap in; an editor who cared enough to show up EDITOR’S NOTE: It is not unusual these days to come across yet another announcement of the death of a notable journalist. Those who came into the profession during the heady… June 14, 2019 Rethinking how we see and understand news — and who frames it If you have taken a picture and shared it with no text, or studied a news image to see if it was “real,” or wondered if “photography” is an accurate… June 7, 2019 Not just a guilty pleasure: “Game of Thrones” holds essential writing lessons Esteemed writing teacher Roy Peter Clark shares the 12 things he learned (or re-learned) about storytelling from the epic HBO series June 5, 2019 A sex worker plunges to her death and a reporter demands to know: Who was she? Dan Barry led a team at The New York Times to uncover a name, a life history, and the sinister world of power and exploitation on 40th Road June 4, 2019 Getting in the writing zone A chronic reality of writing: It’s a struggle.Or so it often (always?) seems if you’re the writer. You aren’t sure whether your information is sound, where to start your story,… May 31, 2019 A tribute: On Herman Wouk and the incandescence of “Youngblood Hawke” A 12-year-old Chip Scanlan "borrowed" his brother's book, read under the covers by flashlight, and vowed to become a writer May 28, 2019 What’s in a 50-year-old photo? The lingering gutwrench of the Vietnam War An iconic photo from the 1968 Tet Offensive is revisited, raising questions about memory, identity, and and how we honor those who served May 24, 2019 Previous 1 … 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 … 174 Next