Ludovic Blecher, NF ’13, is now manager of Google’s Digital News Initiative Innovation Fund in France. The bold new €150 million ($166 million) initiative is open to anyone involved in Europe’s digital news industry and will support online journalism … Read more
Mary Beth Sheridan has been named deputy foreign editor at The Washington Post, where she has worked as a reporter and editor since 2001. She has covered topics including diplomacy, homeland security and immigration. Prior to her … Read more
Karim Ben Khelifa has received a 2015 Doris Duke New Frontier Fellowship from the Sundance Institute’s New Frontier Story Lab, which offers funding for fellows to develop and refine audience engagement for their exploratory projects. Khelifa, a photojournalist, … Read more
Paula Molina has received Chile’s Elena Caffarena Award, which honors female leaders making significant contributions to their respective industries. The award’s namesake, a lawyer, jurist and politician – considered one of the Latin American country’s most notable figures of the … Read more
Jane Spencer has been promoted to senior vice president of emerging platforms at Fusion, a joint venture of ABC and Univision. Formerly the editor-in-chief for the multiplatform media company’s digital ventures, Spencer now focuses on brand extensions and expanding digital … Read more
Laura Wides-Muñoz joined Fusion in January as director of news practices. She had spent the previous eight years working as a reporter in the Miami bureau of the Associated Press. She is responsible for ensuring that Fusion’s journalism meets its standards. Read more
David Abel of The Boston Globe received the Ernie Pyle Award for Human Interest Storytelling and $10,000 from the Scripps HowardFoundation for “The Richard Family,” a two-part narrative about overcoming physical challenges and living with grief … Read more
Souad Mekhennet, a 2013 Nieman Fellow, has been selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Mekhennet is a German journalist, author, and associate at the Weatherhead Center at Harvard and at the School for Advanced and International Studied at Johns Hopkins University. Read more
