Wendell Steavenson’s new book, “Circling the Square: Stories from the Egyptian Revolution” chronicles the experiences of Egyptians grappling with the hope, change and violence associated with protests in Cairo’s Tahir Square. Steavenson, a 2014 Nieman Fellow, spent more than a … Read more
Hasit Shah received a $35,000 grant from the Knight Foundation in February for his smartphone app Ketla, which aims to provide Indians with news in a comic book format. The grant will fund six months of work to … Read more
Susie Banikarim has been named vice president of content strategy and audience engagement at Vocativ, a media start-up that seeks to tell original stories using the untapped troves of the Deep Web. Banikarim will be in … Read more
Alison MacAdam, a 2014 Nieman Fellow, was one of three editors of “Teenage Diaries Revisited: Melissa’s Story,” which received a best documentary award in the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. “Melissa’s Story,” about a former teen mother, was produced for … Read more
As the world remembers former South African President Nelson Mandela following his death on Dec. 5, journalists everywhere are reflecting on the man and his legacy. Some of those who covered him the longest and knew him the best are Nieman Fellows from South Africa. Read more
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, a Nieman in the class of 1988, delivered a public address at the Kennedy Forum at Harvard’s Institute of Politics on Sept. 25, covering a wide range of topics from inequality to educational reform to the role of technology in economic and societal development. Read more
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society have selected two journalists as the 2013-2014 Nieman-Berkman Fellows in Journalism Innovation. The fellowship is a collaboration between the two organizations designed to generate new ideas to advance quality journalism in the digital age. Read more
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has selected 24 journalists as members of the 76th class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University. The group includes reporters, editors, columnists, digital media leaders and producers in print, broadcast and online who work around the globe and across media platforms. Read more
