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Ann Marie Lipinski is the Nieman Foundation’s new leader
I’m very happy to say that Ann Marie Lipinski, former editor of the Chicago Tribune, has been named curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. This summer, she’ll replace Bob Giles,...
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Come have a drink with Nieman Lab!
After the never-ending winter, something like spring has finally sprung in the Northeast. And with a little warmth in the air, it’s a great time to kick back and have a brew with your favorite Nieman...
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Dorothy Parvaz, Al Jazeera journalist and Nieman Fellow, released from...
Last night, I started writing a post about our friend Dorothy Parvaz, the Al Jazeera English journalist and former Nieman Fellow (class of ’09) who went to Syria to report on the uprising there, then...
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Say hello to Encyclo, our new encyclopedia of the future of news
Today, the Nieman Journalism Lab unveils Encyclo, an encyclopedia of the future of news. We’ve put a lot of work into it, and I hope you’ll check it out. So what is Encyclo? It’s an attempt to figure...
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Welcome to the new class of Nieman Fellows
It’s official: The 2011-12 class of Nieman Fellows has been announced. These 24 terrific journalists will come to Harvard a few months from now and spend the next academic year investigating subjects...
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Gone fishin’: See you in a bit
Each summer, there comes a point when the sun is just too tempting to remain at the keyboard. So we’re about to take our annual summer break. For some of us, that’ll mean a little R&R; for others,...
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Come have a drink with Nieman Lab!
Where did the summer go? The start of the academic year has snuck up on us, somehow, and sweaters can’t be too far behind. There’s only one way to deal with it, eastern Massachusetts residents: Come...
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The Lab’s new look: A quick tour of our new redesign
You’ll notice we’ve got a new look here at the Nieman Journalism Lab today. We’re coming up on our third anniversary — we launched October 27, 2008 — and other than a few tweaks, we’ve had the same...
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New from Nieman Lab: More ways to Fuego, three years of tweets, and an option...
We launched a redesign of the Nieman Journalism Lab last week, and the response has been gratifying. Hope you like it. But we were still working on a few new features when we shipped — things we just...
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Introducing Journo Ipsum, for all your nonsense-about-the-future-of-news...
Anyone who’s spent much time hanging around the publishing or design worlds knows about lorem ipsum, the classic Latin placeholder text used to dummy up prose filler in a layout. “Lorem ipsum dolor...
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A Nieman Lab event: Come talk with Boston Globe leaders about their new...
The new BostonGlobe.com, which debuted Monday, sparked a lot of discussion. Will a paywall model work for a major metro newspaper? Does splitting the newspaper’s web presence in two strengthen or...
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Fuego 2.0: A fresh look and new features for our tool to keep you plugged in...
It was one month ago today that we launched (as part of our redesign) Fuego, our heat-seeking Twitter bot. Fuego scans through the future-of-news sector of the Twitterverse to identify the stories...
View ArticleIntroducing Fuego for mobile, with an extra for iPhone users
Today we’ve got a little treat for smartphone users: Fuego for Mobile. Fuego is, of course, our heat-seeking Twitter bot, our tool that amalgamates the best and most interesting stories the...
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Come have a drink with Nieman Lab!
For those who us who live in the northeastern United States, there aren’t too many nice-weather days left in the calendar year — the snows and chills of winter are walking up the driveway and headed to...
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Deadline approaching for international journalists to apply for a Nieman...
It’s fall here in Cambridge, which means it’s time again for journalists from around the world to be thinking about applying for a Nieman Fellowship. Niemans get to spend a year at Harvard, studying...
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The 20 most popular Nieman Lab posts of 2011
With the final hours of 2011 ticking away, here’s a look back at the 20 most popular posts, in terms of pageviews, here at the Nieman Journalism Lab. One consistent thread: You guys like reading about...
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Come work for Nieman Lab
We’re looking for someone to join us in our cozy little Harvard newsroom. Specifically, we have an opening for a staff writer here at the Nieman Journalism Lab. You can see the job posting here. If you...
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Announcing the Nieman-Berkman Fellowship in Journalism Innovation
For over 70 years here at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, we’ve run the Nieman Fellowships, which allows a couple dozen journalists from around the world to spend a year studying here at...
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Summer in the city: Come be a summer intern at Nieman Lab
I’ve got a terrific opportunity for one or two of you. This year, for the first time, we’re having full-time summer interns here at Nieman Lab. Hopefully, if you’re reading this, you already know the...
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Announcing the 75th class of Nieman Fellows
This morning, the Nieman Foundation announced our incoming class of Nieman Fellows, which will be our 75th. (The Nieman Fellowships allow a group of accomplished journalists — half American, half...
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