The American Society of Newspaper Editors recently selected the winners of its annual awards for distinguished writing and photography, and two Nieman Fellows were among those selected. Read more
Iason Athanasiadis, Class of 2008, comments on the new generation of Iranians: the children of the Revolution. "The domestic social situation is more dire than at almost any other time since the Revolution," he writes. "But many Iranians have moved on from the submissive first days of the Islamic Republic ... The new generation mounts actions of social insubordination that their parents only dreamed of." Read more
The Nieman Foundation will present the Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism to William Worthy on Friday, February 22, 2008. Read more
Paul E. Steiger, editor-in-chief of ProPublica, a non-profit newsroom producing journalism in the public interest, today announced the appointment of a journalism Advisory Board. Of the 12 board members, three are Nieman Fellows. Read more
Former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s inconsistency on tough issues is widely recognized: He was pro-choice and then pro-life; he supported gun control and then he rejected it; he backed same sex marriage and then he opposed it. Read more
Ellen Goodman, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist from the Boston Globe and member of the Class of 1974, is the 2008 recipient of the Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Read more
Fernando Rodrigues, Class of 2008, assembled a database with some 25,000 records of Brazilian politicians showing electoral information and personal data — including the list of personal assets of each politician who run for office in the three past general elections in Brazil. Read more
Cynthia Tucker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer and member of the Class of 1989, will serve as one of two featured speakers for the Seventh Annual Leadership Conference Celebrating Black History Month presented by Troy University and the City of Troy. Tucker is an editorial page editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a syndicated opinion columnist. Read more
