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Fellowships

Meet the Nieman class of 2020

More than two dozen talented journalists from around the world will come to study at Harvard this fall.

Awards

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Taylor Award announced

The Bloomberg News series “Sign Here to Lose Everything” has won the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism. Finalists are ProPublica for “Unprotected” and the Tampa Bay Times for “Heartbroken.”

NIEMAN STORYBOARD

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Covering apocalyptic issues without losing hope

In a Storyboard Q&A, Washington Post writer Dan Zak discusses his daring and emotional query about climate change, and finding some calm in the controversy.

NIEMAN LAB

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Correcting our mistakes on social media

Even the best reporters eventually get something wrong. A Fort Worth Star-Telegram experiment tried to use the tools that spread stories to spread mea culpas instead.

Fellowships

The Life of a Nieman Fellow

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Since 1938, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism has brought more than 1,500 promising and accomplished journalists from 96 countries to Harvard for a year of study, innovation and experimentation.

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From the Curator

Experiment, discover and innovate as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard Read more

Testimonials

Testimonials

Hear what fellows say about the impact of their time on campus Read more

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Foundation News

Mitchel R. Levitas, editor and reporter at New York Times for almost 40 years and a 1959 Nieman Fellow, dies at 89

Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces the 82nd class of Nieman Fellows

Dejan Anastasijevic, a 2002 Nieman Fellow and highly respected veteran journalist in Serbia, dies at 57

“Sign Here to Lose Everything” by Bloomberg News wins 2018 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism

James F. Ahearn, a 1971 Nieman Fellow and longtime reporter and editor in New Jersey, dies at 87

“Pain and Profit” by The Dallas Morning News wins Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

Robert J. “Bud” Korengold, a 1964 Nieman Fellow who served as a foreign correspondent in Europe before transitioning to a career in diplomacy, has died at 89

Top Mother Jones executives Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery to receive I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Maurice Chammah, Steven Dudley, Shane Bauer, Andrew Delbanco, and Jeffrey C. Stewart Win the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

The University of Chicago Institute of Politics and the Nieman Foundation Announce Campaign Journalism Conference in April

Publications

The Nieman Foundation publishes Nieman Reports, a website and quarterly magazine chronicling contemporary challenges and opportunities in journalism; Nieman Journalism Lab, a website reporting on digital media innovation; Nieman Storyboard, a website exploring the art and craft of nonfiction storytelling; as well as a series of print and e-books about current issues in journalism

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How To Make J-school Matter (Again)

Amy Webb's new approach to curriculum and classroom education

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Be the Disruptor

Clayton M. Christensen applies the lessons of disruptive innovation to the media

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The Gates of Harvard Yard

Pulitzer-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin on Harvard's iconic portals

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Telling True Stories

Practical craft tips on narrative nonfiction from some of America's leading journalists