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Nieman Foundation's 75th Anniversary Celebration

Sep 27, 2013 to Sep 29, 2013

The Nieman Foundation will celebrate its 75th anniversary during a reunion weekend in Cambridge September 27-29, 2013.
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Niemans in the News

Michael Riley to head The Chronicle of Higher Education

Monday, May 20, 2013

The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc. has named Michael G. Riley, NF ’95, as its CEO and editor in chief. He’ll oversee the weekly newspaper The Chronicle of Higher Education, the biweekly Chronicle of Philanthropy, Arts & Letters Daily and a number of specialized websites. Riley was hired from the Washington-based Bloomberg Government, where he served as editorial director. Earlier in his career, Riley worked as correspondent for Time magazine and created one of the first national political websites, allpolitics.com, in a joint venture of Time and CNN. Riley also was editor of The Roanoke Times for eight years before joining the Congressional Quarterly as editor and senior vice president. He holds a master's degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Learn more »

Alumni Corner

Welcome to Alumni Corner, your connection to fellow Nieman alums and the Foundation. This ever-changing space is where we will pass along news and items of interest about alumni and updates on what the Foundation is doing. It will be updated frequently to help Nieman's keep up with what is happening.

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Nieman Moments Your Nieman year may be over, but the memories still remain. Do you have a "Nieman Moment" that you'd like to share with aspiring Nieman Fellows? We'd love to hear from you.

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Meet the Fellows More than 1,300 journalists from 91 countries and territories have received Nieman Fellowships. Listed by year, view the class members and their official group photo.

The Fellows' Forum: the Nieman Foundation's online community The Fellows’ Forum connects you to the Nieman Foundation and to alumni to serve your social and professional needs. You can participate in the Nieman community from anywhere in the world.

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Post.Harvard E-Mail Forwarding One of the features of the online alumni community at Post.Harvard is e-mail forwarding, which allows you to create your own unique e-mail address that ends with "@post.harvard.edu". (For example: lucious_nieman@post.harvard.edu.)

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Awards The Nieman Foundation administers several awards that honor the best in writing:

Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism
Honors investigative reporting of stories of national significance where the public interest is being ill-served.
J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project
Recognizes exceptional works of nonfiction.
I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence
Recognizes journalistic independence and honors the life of investigative journalist I.F. Stone.
Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers
Encourages fairness in news coverage by America's daily newspapers.