Twelve international journalists have been named Nieman Fellows for the 2005-06 academic year. They will join 12 U.S. journalists whose names were announced in May to make up the 68th class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University. Read more
Geoff Nyarota, a journalist forced to flee Zimbabwe after he was removed as the editor of the nation's only independent newspaper, has been appointed a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Read more
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has received $420,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to provide fellowships for journalists of accomplishment and promise from Latin America. Read more
Russell Mills, who was fired as publisher of the Ottawa Citizen following publication of a story critical of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and an editorial calling for his resignation, has been awarded a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University. Read more
