The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard is one of several national organizations that will host events in 2016 to celebrate the 100th awarding of the Pulitzer Prize. Four marquee events will take place in Florida, California, Texas and Massachusetts and each will focus on a particular aspect of Pulitzer history: social justice and equality; war, migration and the quest for peace; presidents and the press; and abuse of power. Read more
Jason Grotto, a 2015 Nieman Fellow, received a 2015 Gerald Loeb Award, with his Chicago Tribune colleague Heather Gillers for their series “Borrowing Trouble.” The reports exposed the risky bond deals pursued by Chicago Public Schools, … Read more
One of India’s leading journalists who reported events around the world, Arun Chacko, Nieman Fellow 1978, passed away in New Delhi in June after a long battle with cancer. He was 66. Chacko began his reporting career at the Indian … Read more
The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, N.H., has announced that it will offer the John S. Carroll Fellowship in journalism annually over the next three years. Read more
Much has been written about John Carroll's flair as a journalist, but not enough has been said about the quiet but determined courage that made him special—as a reporter but even more impressively as an editor. Read more
James Scott, NF ’07, has penned a new book, “Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid that Avenged Pearl Harbor,” which was released by Norton in April. The book is a dramatic account of the Doolittle Raid, one of America’s … Read more
Eliza Griswold, NF ’07, received the 2015 PEN Translation Prize for her Pashto-to-English translation of the book “I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan.” The book, released by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, is a collection of … Read more
Fatima Tlisova was one of three journalists who joined President Obama at the White House on May 1, paying tribute to the work of journalists in dangerous places ahead of World Press Freedom Day. Tlisova, who works for the Voice … Read more
Beth Macy has been inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame, which recognizes professionals with exceptional careers in advertising, journalism, public relations and other media fields. A former reporter for The Roanoke Times, Macy’s work has been featured in … Read more
Ecuadorian photojournalist Pablo Corral has started a new post as the Secretary of Culture in Quito, Ecuador. Corral’s photos have been published in National Geographic magazine, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Audubon and many other international publications. He … Read more
