Announcements

  1. 2009
  2. Thursday, November 05, 2009
    FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINES
    New this year! Apply for a Nieman Fellowship using our online application.
    U.S. Fellowships, including the Reynolds Fellowship in Community Journalism and the Arts & Culture Reporting Fellowship: Applications must be postmarked on or before Jan. 31, 2010.

    International Fellowships: Applications must be postmarked on or before Dec. 15, 2009.

    Global Health Reporting Fellowships: Applications must be postmarked on or before Jan. 31, 2010.

    Learn more about how to apply »
    Tuesday, August 04, 2009
    Matching Gift Program for the William Woo Fund
    Martha Shirk, widow of William Woo, Nieman Class of 1967, will match up to $5,000 for any contribution made to the William Woo Internship Fund before the Asian American Journalists Associations 2009 National Convention in Boston, Aug. 12-15. The fund supports scholarships and internships that encourage students to enter the field of journalism. Those interested in supporting the fund may donate online. (Under AAJA National Scholarships & Internships, designate “William Woo Internship Fund.”)

    A Chinese-born journalist, Woo become the first Asian American to edit a major American newspaper, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in 1986. After 40 years in the newsroom, Woo went on to teach journalism at Stanford University, where he wrote the book “Letters from the Editor: Lessons on Journalism and Life” for future journalists.
  4. Monday, June 15, 2009
    UNITY Conducts Diversity Survey
    The UNITY: Journalists of Color organization is studying how the ongoing shift from traditional to digital media is affecting diversity in emerging digital newsrooms. Can diversity be maintained? And how can it best be protected? The group would like your input. If you are a professional journalist, please participate in a short survey on the topic.
  5. Monday, May 04, 2009
    Jane Mayer and George Packer in conversation
    The J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project and the Columbia Journalism School presented a conversation on BlogTalkRadio between celebrated New Yorker writers Jane Mayer and George Packer. Mayer's latest book, "The Dark Side: Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals," won the 2009 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize.
  6. Monday, March 23, 2009
    Blogging the Narrative Conference
    Many attendees of the 2009 Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism have forwarded their blog links to us so that we may share them with you:
    › heymarci.com: Nieman Conference Wrap-Up
    › Rhodia Drive: Journalism in the time of Internet
    › A few words over
    › Writing With Clarity
    › The Nieman Foundation bloggers: Lois Beckett and Ernie Suggs
    › MediaBistro's FishbowlNY: "Nieman Speaker to Writers: 'The Business Model Is Broken — You Are Not Broken'"
    › Twitter Tweets
  7. Tuesday, February 03, 2009
    Have your say on Nieman Reports
    The online version of Nieman Reports now features the ability for readers to leave comments on each article. Check out our most commented-on pieces:

    To Prepare for the Future, Skip the Present (17 comments)
    By Edward Roussel

    Digging Into Social Media to Build a Newspaper Audience (8 comments)
    By Bill Adee

    Blogging From Inside a TV Station’s Newsroom (8 comments)
    By Katie Allison Granju
  8. 2008
  9. Monday, November 24, 2008
    The Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism
    Deadline for applications: January 9, 2009. Award: $20,000. Learn more »
  10. Monday, November 24, 2008
    This Friday: Deadline for the $10K Taylor Family Award for Fairness
    Friday is the deadline for submissions for the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers. While the person in your newsroom who used to assemble contest entries was probably laid off recently, there’s still time for you to package up your own. First prize is $10,000; $1,000 for each of the top two finalists.
    Learn more »
    Tuesday, November 18, 2008
    Nieman Foundation Annual Report 2008
    Looking back over 7 decades of Nieman Fellowships, the core purpose of the program hasn't changed, "to promote and elevate the standards of journalism." Nieman Fellows continue to arrive at Harvard with an untarnished commitment to the guiding principles of journalism.
    Read more about the last 70 years in our 2008 Annual Report »
  12. Monday, October 27, 2008
    Nieman Foundation launches Journalism Lab
    The Nieman Journalism Lab is a collaborative attempt to figure out how quality journalism can survive and thrive in the Internet age.
    Learn more »