🎉 Nieman Reports’ Top 10 Stories of 2025 As 2025 winds down, here are 10 features from Nieman Reports that are worth a (re)read niemanreports.org/nieman-repor...

Sudan’s war has created a new wave of information warfare, where the warring parties attack journalists and create their own propaganda, using social media to divide citizens. niemanreports.org/sudan-media-...

"The internal dialogue is my true voice – it’s the way I talk, negotiate and process with myself. My inner voice is often at odds with what I’m doing physically or saying aloud. This is the way I navigate the world." niemanstoryboard.org/2025/11/27/a... #booksky #longreads #storytelling #writing

New @niemanstoryboard.org podcast: My conversation with photojournalist and Pulitzer finalist Stephanie Keith about her work documenting ICE at 26 Federal Plaza, which turned into this powerful cover image and story for @nymag.com. niemanstoryboard.org/2025/12/04/p...

In 2026, "the news industry will finally realize that these informal community information networks are not peripheral to local news — they are the most functional version of it." —Garry Pierre-Pierre, The future of news is happening where no one is looking (@niemanlab.org)

“When a news organization recognizes you’re cognitively depleted and serves you digestible audio instead of demanding you parse 1,500 words, that’s institutional empathy at scale.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/news...

"This will be the year that journalists — and anyone with a media platform — fully contend with the question of how to cover trolling, updated for Trump 2.0." www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour... by @whitneyphillips.bsky.social

"More than ever, the media is playing a crucial role in showing the effects of these policies on real people. It can be soul-crushing at times to bear witness, but it is vitally important." niemanreports.org/carol-guzy-i...

💭 "I Was a Fixer. Here’s Why Journalism Needs to Rethink the Role." Fair compensation, recognition are essential for local journalists who take risks to bring stories to life. niemanreports.org/fixers-journ...

Journalists From Across the Globe Join Forces to Investigate Big Tech Lobby: niemanreports.org/big-tech-lob... @niemanreports.org

NIEMAN FOUNDATION: Photojournalist Stephanie Keith on documenting ICE and capturing a moment that became the cover of New York magazine buff.ly/5yHUZMG @niemanfoundation.bsky.social @niemanlab.org @niemanreports.org #journalism #photojournalism

Casualty of War: Sudan’s Media Emergency Since the start of the civil war in 2023, Sudanese journalists have been killed, displaced, threatened or discredited by misinformation campaigns as the media ecosystem collapses. niemanreports.org/sudan-media-...

Excited to have @mindahoney.bsky.social back this week at @niemanstoryboard.org, in conversation with the reporting team behind the serialized podcast "American Shrapnel." Thanks @johnhammontree.bsky.social @kbeccaandrews.bsky.social @johnarchibald.bsky.social niemanstoryboard.org/2025/11/20/a...

Traffic data for the United States’ largest local newspapers shows big gains for Gannett, the impact of national news on local sites, and one way the Rust Belt still beats out the Sun Belt. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/rust...

It seems fair to say that the relaunched Bread & Butter — with an introductory post titled “Your dad may have mentioned us” — is aiming for a younger crowd. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/cons...

💬 Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com. niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...

For @niemanstoryboard.org: Tell me your favorite stories, #longreads, podcasts, nonfiction books, and documentaries of 2025! And because every journalist loves a deadline... Submit your picks by Friday, Dec. 5. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #podcasts #booksky #documentary

"A lot of people have been hurt over this strike financially [and] emotionally. I want to make sure that has its due. But we’re going to have to work through that very quickly and get back to work." by @sarahscire.com

An AI translation tool may perform very well for a language pair like English and Spanish, but introduce significant errors when it’s used for less common languages...One article, for instance, mistranslated the English term “street food” into Kiswahili as “food of the road.” buff.ly/FiAyV9Z

"Journalists must stand in solidarity with Sudanese journalists right now. They need ... to relocate to safe spaces, digital security, legal support, and to be part of professional networks in their new communities, whether they are inside Sudan or outside." niemanreports.org/sudan-media-...

NIEMAN FOUNDATION: Casualty of War: Sudan’s Media Emergency ift.tt/lV0nDa7 @niemanfoundation.bsky.social @niemanlab.org @niemanreports.org #journalism #photojournalism

Sudan’s civil war has put journalists in grave danger & press freedom is under siege. Internews Europe CEO @meeraselva.bsky.social's op-ed in @niemanreports.org calls for urgent global action to protect independent media 📰💻 🔗 bit.ly/49ARmm9 #PressFreedom #Sudan #IndependentMedia #Journalism

📘 “The Eyes of Gaza” is a tale of journalism and survival. Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad describes the personal and professional challenges of covering the devastation of her homeland in an interview and excerpt from her new book. niemanreports.org/eyes-of-gaza...

New by @nataliaviana.bsky.social: Journalists from across the globe join forces to investigate Big Tech lobby. Transnational partnership uncovered almost 3,000 lobbying actions in 11 countries and the European Union. niemanreports.org/big-tech-lob...

"I think it’s just shocking to me that there are still so few women in this profession, 25 years after I started. I think we need to ask ourselves why — I don't know the answer to that." niemanreports.org/lynsey-addar...

Behind the lens with photojournalist Carol Guzy: Capturing a family's anguish at an U.S. Immigration Facility niemanreports.org/carol-guzy-i...

Press freedom is facing intensifying scrutiny in India, marking a notably active period for legal battles over journalistic rights. niemanreports.org/india-lawfar...

Lynsey Addario in ‘Love+War’: A War Photographer’s Life on the Front Lines and at Home A new documentary captures Addario’s work as a photojournalist balancing conflict reporting and motherhood. niemanreports.org/lynsey-addar...

A Chinese court has upheld acclaimed journalist Dong Yuyu’s seven-year prison sentence on espionage charges. A senior columnist and editor at the Guangming Daily and a '07 Nieman Fellow, Dong was detained in 2022 while dining with a Japanese diplomat. nieman.harvard.edu/chinese-cour...

The JSX is a first step toward transparency in the journalism support industry, showing “who is doing what, and for whom." www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...

A “win-win” partnership brings a surge of reporting firepower to hyperlocal news outlets around Boston www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/a-wi...

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists has released a newly updated 2025 edition of its Cultural Competence Handbook, a comprehensive resource for covering immigration and the complex identity issues intertwined with it. niemanreports.org/cultural-com...

New @niemanstoryboard.org podcast episode! Loved this @cmtapper.bsky.social conversation with @sasha-bonet.bsky.social about her new book, “The Waterbearers: A Memoir of Mothers and Daughters.” niemanstoryboard.org/2025/11/13/s... #booksky #longreads #podcasts

"When Bill Fong approaches the lane, 15-pound bowling ball in hand, he tries not to breathe. He tries not to think about not breathing."

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: Featuring election week, @joeposnanski.com, @sho-walter.bsky.social, Michael J. Mooney, Vincent Beiser, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and @hrishikesh.co niemanstoryboard.org/2025/11/07/h... #longreads #booksky

the listener-member model that public radio has turned to after decades of government underfunding conflicts with its goal to reflect and serve all Americans. spoke with @lauragarbes.bsky.social about her book LISTENERS LIKE WHO? www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...

BBC resignations are a symbol of mounting pressure on public broadcasters in the Trump era. In the current political environment, public broadcasters are high-priority targets for right-wing media and politicians.

A new online resource tracks U.S. state-level legislation aimed at reversing the decline of local journalism niemanreports.org/news-deserts...

Publicly available sources to aid open-source investigations can be a tool for all journalists, writes @johannawild.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com ⬇️ niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...

India hosts the Taliban, but not female reporters. The initial exclusion drew widespread condemnation, and a rare display of solidarity among India’s divided press corps, writes @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social. niemanreports.org/india-taliba...

A newsletter by and for New Jersey South Asians serves the state’s sprawling Desi communities www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/a-ne...

Curious about the Nieman Fellowship? Join us for a live Q&A session to learn what it’s like to spend a year studying as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University this Friday, November 7, 1:00 PM ET.

“I'm a throwback. I think I'm kind of more in the mold of Joseph Mitchell, or one of the older music writers who would find odd corners of American culture and write about them.” @tromano.bsky.social in conversation with Burkhard Bilger. niemanstoryboard.org/2025/10/31/b...

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: @tromano.bsky.social in conversation with Burkhard Bilger, plus: Dana Hedgpeth & Sari Horwitz, @saribotton.bsky.social, @gretarainbow.com, and Erika Hayasaki pays tribute to Richard Kipling. niemanstoryboard.org/2025/10/31/s...

A new resource created at the Reynolds Journalism Institute is tracking these initiatives and has identified 18 states where lawmakers have considered some manner of support for local journalism. niemanreports.org/news-deserts...

💡 I Was a Fixer: Here’s Why Journalism Needs to Rethink the Role. Fair compensation, recognition are essential for local journalists who take risks to bring stories to life. niemanreports.org/fixers-journ...

Journalists, authors, producers, filmmakers, and Nieman Storyboard readers share more than 40 books that inspire their work. niemanstoryboard.org/2025/04/17/n... #longreads #podcasts #booksky

Since the start of the summer, “Gulf of America” has been losing what little popularity it had as the "Gulf of Mexico" is still in use almost everywhere. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine... via @niemanlab.org

“There is a set of populous countries, generally where traditional media are under pressure and social media use is high, where news creators are having a significant impact" @hanaatameez.bsky.social wrote up a fascinating @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/news...

News creator audiences typically pay attention to creators from their own countries. But when the survey asked respondents to name news-related individuals on social media and video platforms, right-wing American creators had an outsized influence. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/news...