Henry Chu, an accomplished reporter and editor whose work has taken him around the globe, has been selected as the deputy curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. In his new role, Chu … Read more
An appreciation by Pippa Green, NF ’99, adapted from a citation presented to Tony Heard when he received the 2022 Allan Kirkland Soga Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution as a journalist in exposing the apartheid state … Read more
Remer Tyson, who spent the better part of two decades chronicling wars, famine and freedom movements in Africa — including South Africa’s triumph over apartheid — died at his home in Harare, Zimbabwe, on December 27, 2023. Read more
Journalist Philip Meyer, who developed ground-breaking computer-assisted reporting methods during his Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, died from complications of Parkinson’s disease on Nov. 4, 2023, in Carrboro, N.C. He had recently celebrated his 93rd birthday with … Read more
Nieman Journalism Lab, a Harvard University-based digital publication exploring the future of news, is expanding its staff to offer robust coverage of local news and generative AI, two issues of growing significance to public knowledge. The Lab … Read more
Paul Carvalho, an internationally recognized documentary filmmaker and a 1995 Nieman Fellow, died on August 17, 2023, at his home in Montreal, Canada, after a long illness. He was 72. Carvalho started making films in 1996 … Read more
Diana Marcum, a 2018 Nieman Fellow and former Los Angeles Times reporter, died on August, 9, 2023, in Fresno, California, following surgery to remove a glioblastoma several weeks earlier. She was 60 years old. Read more
Robert H. Giles, curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University from 2000-2011, died in Traverse City, Michigan, on August 7, 2023, after battling cancer. Known as Bob to friends and colleagues alike, he … Read more
Jerome Aumente, a 1968 Nieman Fellow, died on February 13, 2023, after a long illness. He was a distinguished professor emeritus in the School of Communication and Information (SC&I) at Rutgers University in New … Read more
Hodding Carter III, a journalist who began his career at his family’s newspaper in Greenville, Mississippi, later served in the State Department under Jimmy Carter and worked as an Emmy-winning broadcast journalist and commentator, died on May … Read more