the foundation is also the home of nieman reports, a quarterly journal on journalism issues. the journal has been in publication for more than 60 years. for several years, ending in 2009, the foundation sponsored the annual nieman conference on narrative journalism, the largest conference of its kind, which attracted hundreds of writers, filmmakers, and broadcasters to boston. the narrative program now consists of a writing seminar for fellows, and a public website, nieman storyboard, which covers storytelling across media. in 2004, the foundation launched nieman watchdog, a website intended to encourage more aggressive questioning of the powerful by news organizations. in 2008, the foundation created the nieman journalism lab, an effort to investigate future models that could support quality journalism.