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The Nieman Foundation hosts dozens of events at Lippmann House each year, featuring leading researchers, scientists, artists, writers, historians, economists and others who explore the world of ideas with Nieman Fellows and Foundation guests. Journalists and media experts also discuss the latest challenges and opportunities in journalism.

Talks

April 17, 2014

Latin America’s Media Innovators

In April, the Nieman Foundation and Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies hosted a discussion about the future of Latin American media featuring some of the region's most innovative journalists: Radio Ambulante's Daniel Alarcón, Nuestra Aparente Rendición's Lolita Bosch, Fusion's Daniel Eilemberg—a 2013 Visiting Nieman Fellow who founded Mexico's Animal Politico—and El Faro's Óscar Martínez. Read more

Awards

April 15, 2014

2013 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

The series that won the 2013 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism began with a call from a source. A social worker told Sacramento Bee reporter Cynthia Hubert about a man the police had brought in named James Flavy Coy Brown. Read more

Conferences

April 4, 2014

2014 Christopher J. Georges Conference on College Journalism

The 2014 Christopher J. Georges Conference on College Journalism was held at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard on April 4-5, 2014. Read more

Talks

April 4, 2014

Reporting Risks in Afghanistan

During a talk at the Nieman Foundation on April 4, Kim Barker, who covered Afghanistan for the Chicago Tribune, spoke with Afghan journalist Sangar Rahimi, NF '14, about the challenges and risks reporters face covering Afghanistan. Read more