Nieman Reports
Signal vs. Noise in Coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombings
By Ann Marie Lipinski
Organize the Noise: Tweeting Live from the Boston Manhunt
A reporter and a programmer on what social media coverage of the Boston bombings means for journalism
By Seth Mnookin and Hong Qu
Mapping the Twitterverse
MIT researcher Todd Mostak visualizes tweets about the Boston Marathon Bombings
Reporting on Radicalization
A call for more Muslim voices and faces in the media
By Souad Mekhennet
New Challenges, New Rewards for Journalists on Social Media
In the age of crowdsourced reporting, we need professional journalists more than ever
By Borja Echevarría de la Gándara
Curation Is the Key to Bringing Social Media and Journalism Together
How journalists can curate social media streams
By Ludovic Blecher
The (New) Industry Standard: Making Citizen Broadcasters into Citizen Journalists
When everyone is a publisher, everyone should be a journalist, too
By Betsy O'Donovan
A Marathon Without a Finish
By David Abel
Boston Globe reporter David Abel was standing on the finish line of the Marathon with a video camera when the bombs went off
The Story of a Lifetime
By David L. Marcus
Two weeks after the bombings, Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory explains how his regional newspaper stayed ahead on national news
Social Media and the Boston Bombings
By Hong Qu
Hong Qu used Keepr to identify the tweets that broke news of the bombing.
Journalism & The Boston Marathon Bombings
By Jonathan Seitz
In a town hall discussion at the Nieman Foundation, citizens, journalists and public officials discussed coverage of the bombings
Niemans Cover the Boston Marathon Bombs
Terror at Home, Abroad
Two collections of coverage by Nieman Fellows |
Nieman Lab
Breaking News Pragmatically: Some reflections on silence and timing in networked journalism
By Mike Ananny
Wrong narratives may outweigh wrong facts, but reporting with respect means getting both right
By Caroline O'Donovan
When the media—traditional or new—get a suspect wrong, what are the legal ramifications?
By Jeffrey Hermes
Double coverage: How The Boston Globe used its dual sites to cover the marathon bombing
By Justin Ellis
Nieman Storyboard
The story of a moment
By Paige Williams
How a Nieman writing class reacted to news of the bombings
‘Why's this so good?’ No. 77: Danny and the carjackers
A dissection of The Boston Globe's profile of the carjacking victim |