Well-known journalist and analyst Raymundo Riva Palacio, Class of 1992, has been appointed Executive Editor of El Universal — the largest newspaper in Mexico. During his career, he has written for newspapers in Mexico, Spain, Canada and the United States; authored several books; and won two National Journalism Awards. Read more
Melanie Sill, Class of 1994 and executive editor and senior vice president of The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer has been named to the same position for The Sacramento Bee. Read more
Reporter Richard Read, Class of 1997, returns to North Korea 18 years later and finds an isolated, underlit, heavily scripted, undernourished country. Read more
Lorie Conway, Class of 1994 and Vice President of the Nieman Advisory Board, is now on tour with her book and film, Forgotten Ellis Island – The Extraordinary Story of America’s Immigrant Hospital. Lorie hosted the world premiere of the documentary in the Great Hall at Ellis Island on Monday, October 22. Read more
What would you do if your country was invaded? "Meeting Resistance" raises the veil of anonymity surrounding the Iraqi insurgency by meeting face to face with individuals who are passionately engaged in the struggle, and documenting for the very first time, the sentiments experienced and actions taken by a nation's citizens when their homeland is occupied. Read more
The University of Maine Women in the Curriculum and Women's Studies Program will honor three distinguished Maine women with Maryann Hartman Awards. This long-established award honors those from across the state who have improved women's lives by both words and deeds. Alicia Anstead, Class of 2008, is one of the three women recognized. Read more
Christina Lamb — Class of 1994 — was one of only two foreigners on board Benazir Bhutto's bus when it was bombed on October 18 upon her return to Pakistan. Friends with the former prime minister for more than 20 years, Lamb describes her experience on the night of Pakistan’s most deadly bomb. Read more
After maneuvering their way through the dense crowds of onlookers hoping to witness the convoy carrying Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Beena Sarwar (at left), Class of 2006, and Absar Alam, Class of 2005 were rewarded with an interview atop her truck. Bhutto returned to Pakistan on October 18 after almost nine years of self-exile. Read more
Washington Post reporter Salih Saif Aldin was recently killed in Iraq while covering a story for his newspaper. More than 100 Iraqi journalists have died since the start of the Iraq war. New York Times reporter Abdul Razzaq al-Saiedi, Class of 2008, talks about the danger of covering a nation in battle, especially for Iraqis who work for the international media. Read more
