Nieman Reports

@NiemanReports · Cambridge, MA · joined 01 Sep 2009

A publication of Harvard's @niemanfdn, @NiemanReports covers thought leadership in journalism. Winner of the Bart Richards Media Criticism award & @mirrorawards

36 531Followers

1 644Following

20 124Posts total

7.9KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Nieman Reports@NiemanReports5 Sep

"Reporting from within Gaza gave me an understanding of how people navigate uncertainty, how decisions are shaped by circumstances that rarely appear in headlines, and how easily important stories can be overlooked." https://t.co/X2yIjrytHS 362 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nieman Reports@NiemanReports4 Sep

"I suggest you take a look at your own WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, and Signal chats, and see what people send you. That’s where communities are being built by people. ... Journalism has been slow to build products that thrive in these spaces." https://t.co/Q8CqM94QWs 585 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nieman Reports@NiemanReports25 Aug

What Is Happening to Climate Journalism? Recent layoffs of climate reporters and editors by major news organizations are a serious warning sign about the vitality of the beat. https://t.co/QVcqIEfwAI 1.1K views · 9 likes · 4 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Nieman Reports@NiemanReports23 Aug

Friendships Are What Will Save Journalism "The enduring legacy of a Nieman fellowship is the friendships you make. Mine helped create an entirely new kind of newspaper, @thecontinent_." —@SiphoKings https://t.co/Q8CqM94QWs 858 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nieman Reports@NiemanReports5 Aug

"Suddenly citizens who can tell the difference between journalism that questions power and propaganda that amplifies it are taking matters into their own hands," writes @VidyaKrishnan for @NiemanReports. https://t.co/lEh0M3sstR 700 views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Nieman Reports@NiemanReports5 Aug

Student Uprisings in India Short-Circuit an Outdated Media Machine "If the government has been the primary target of the students’ wrath, the media — specifically pro-government television news channels — seems to be a close second." https://t.co/lEh0M3sstR https://t.co/GH6Tzs

1.1K views · 4 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Nieman Reports@NiemanReports29 Jan

📽️ Lights, Camera, Action! Niemans Making Films In this installment of Niemans@Work, we highlight a sampling of recent documentaries featuring Nieman alumni who have directed, produced, or starred in a wide range of productions. https://t.co/EQAY48nEWM 3.3K views · 2 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views779this account1 061median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.13%this account3.72%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.63%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	779	1 061	0.73×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.13%	3.72%	0.57×
Engagement rate	0.63%	1.65%	0.38×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

3.3K29 Jan

1.1K5 Aug

700

85823 Aug

1.1K25 Aug

5854 Sep

3625 Sep

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.12%29 Jan

0.75%5 Aug

1.00%

0.23%23 Aug

1.61%25 Aug

0.51%4 Sep

0.00%5 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes44.9%22 in total

Reposts22.4%11 in total

Replies16.3%8 in total

Bookmarks16.3%8 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.