John Herbers, a 1961 Nieman Fellow who covered the civil rights era for The New York Times, dies at 93 Nieman Notes• March 20, 2017 John Herbers, a 1961 Nieman Fellow and a longtime New York Times reporter who covered the civil rights era, died March 17 in Washington, D.C. He was 93. Reporting first for United Press International and then joining the … Read more