Shrouq Aila, a freelance journalist based in central Gaza, navigates a city under siege with her toddler by her side to tell the world what’s happening. She does this while she slowly starves. Aila weighed 62 kilograms — approximately 137 pounds — in October 2023. Today, she weighs 47 kilos — or just over 100 pounds. She has been displaced from her home, narrowly survived two deadly airstrikes when her daughter was just an infant, and continues reporting even as famine and exhaustio...| Nieman Reports
On a typical evening in the heart of Paris, Taha Siddiqui can be found at his bar, greeting customers and pouring drinks. During busy nights, he’s organizing events there, with an Afghan poet reading her work, anti-war Russian musicians in a punk band, or a director sharing their documentary — all, like him, finding refuge in France. But long before he became a bar owner, Siddiqui was one of Pakistan’s most high-profile investigative journalists, determined to expose corruption and go...| Nieman Reports
5K from the Frontline, a collaborative project, records Ukrainians’ day-to-day lives since the Russian invasion| Nieman Reports
The arrest of investigative Cambodian journalist Mech Dara underscores the growing risks of reporting under an increasingly repressive regime.| Nieman Reports
Threats and harassment abound, but those on the frontlines see progress| Nieman Reports
Five years after covering the COVID-19 pandemic, many Italian journalists struggle to process what they witnessed.| Nieman Reports