We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.

The Nieman Journalism Lab is an attempt to help journalism figure out its future in an Internet age.
The Internet has brought forth an unprecedented flowering of news and information. But it has also destabilized the old business models that have supported quality journalism for decades. Good journalists across the country are losing their jobs or adjusting to a radically new news environment online. We want to highlight attempts at innovation and figure out what makes them succeed or fail. We want to find good ideas for others to steal. We want to help reporters and editors adjust to their online labors; we want to help traditional news organizations find a way to survive; we want to help the new crop of startups that will complement — or supplant — them.
We are fundamentally optimistic.
We don’t pretend to have even five percent of all the answers, but we do know a lot of smart people. Primary among them are our readers; we hope your contributions will make the Lab a collaborative exchange of ideas. Tell us what’s happening around you, or what should be.

We hope you enjoy the work we do, and that you’ll join the conversation as it evolves.

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What makes a good Nieman Lab pitch?<div><ul><li>A pitch should relate in some way to Nieman Lab’s original one-line description: “An attempt to help journalism figure out its future in an internet age.” That’s (purposely) broad. It allows us to run stories on everything from NBA insiders on Substack to crochet to the Covid vaccine and NextDoor to White Lotus. But it should be front of mind as you write your pitch, and you should be able to connect your pitch to our mission in just a couple of sentences.</li><li>It should be specific and backed up by reporting (please, no op-eds or treatises). The best Nieman Lab stories often focus on little things that are representative of broader trends. We love small details and offbeat, surprising, skeptical, funny, weird story ideas. Many of Nieman Lab’s most popular stories have been inspired by tweets. And we love writers with deep expertise in a topic.</li><li>We love stories that focus on the experience of the news consumer. We love stories that explain and unpack new research. We love stories that introduce our readers to communities they may not be familiar with already.</li><li>We welcome pitches from international writers and stories about international news outlets, writers from underrepresented communities, and writers who don’t normally write about journalism. Please do some googling through our archives before you pitch so that you’re familiar with what we’ve published on a topic before.</li><li>Include a bit about yourself and a link to some published work.</li></ul></div>

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