Nieman’s 85th Anniversary Reunion Weekend

Schedule

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Friday, October 27, 2023

4:30 – 6:30 p.m.Opening reception
Lippmann House
One Francis Ave., Cambridge

Learn about parking and public transit near Harvard Square.
7 – 9 p.m.Nieman Live: “The story I couldn’t let go”
Storytelling with Nieman alumni
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall
3 Oxford St., Cambridge | map

Welcome: Nieman curator Ann Marie Lipinski, NF ’90

Host: Hamish Macdonald, NF ’16, Australian broadcast journalist

  • John Archibald, NF ’21, author and columnist for the Alabama Media Group
    So Full of Sh*t
  • Patricia Laya, NF ’22, Andes bureau chief, Bloomberg News
    When You Get Home
  • Wendi C. Thomas, NF ’16, founding editor of MLK50: Justice Through Journalism in Memphis, Tennessee
    Searching for Thieves
  • Beth Macy, NF ’10, Virginia-based journalist and author
    The Front Lines of America: The Kitchen Table
  • Alisa Sopova, NF ’17, Ukrainian writer and anthropologist, and Anastasia Taylor-Lind, NF ’16, British-Swedish photojournalist
    5K from the Frontline: Where War is Personal
  • Hopewell Chin’ono, NF ’10, Zimbabwean journalist and documentary filmmaker
    The Crusading Pen: A Journey in Journalism and Fighting Corruption
  • Susan Orlean, NF ’04, author and staff writer for The New Yorker
    Into the Fire
Directed by Lea Thau
Pianist: Lucas Gazianis
With thanks to the Office for the Arts at Harvard

Saturday, October 28, 2023

* Please note: Free garage parking is available at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center but there is no public parking at the Boston Public Library.

9 – 9:30 a.m.Buses leave the Sheraton Commander Hotel in Cambridge for Harvard Medical School
10 – 11:30 a.m.The 90-minute Nieman with Harvard faculty
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston | map
Welcome: Selymar Colón, NF ’20, executive director of digital strategy at GFR Media in Puerto Rico
  • Karim Lakhani, Harvard Business School professor; co-founder/chair of the Digital Data Design Institute
    Beyond the Hype: Real-World Impacts of AI on Professional Work
    Intro: Borja Echevarría, NF ’13, managing editor, El País in Spain
  • Joia Mukherjee, chief medical officer, Partners in Health; associate professor, Harvard Medical School
    The Political Economy of Health Equity
    Intro: Shereen Marisol Meraji, NF ’22, audio journalist/host; assistant professor at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism
  • Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law School professor
    From Protest to Law: Triumphs and Defeats in Struggles for Racial Justice
    Intro: Chastity Pratt, NF ’20, education bureau chief, The Wall Street Journal
  • Archon Fung, director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance, Harvard Kennedy School
    Polarization and a Culture of Democracy
    Intro: Afşin Yurdakul, NF ’19, Turkish journalist, news anchor and moderator
  • Dustin Tingley, professor of government and deputy vice provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard
    Uncertain Futures: How to Unlock the Climate Impasse
    Intro: Darryl Fears, NF ’23, senior environmental correspondent with a focus on environmental justice, The Washington Post
  • Diane Paulus, artistic director of Harvard’s American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.)
    Theater for Non-Theater People: Cultivating Empathy and Presence, from Doctors to Journalists
    Intro: Mary Louise Schumacher, NF ’17, executive director, Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation
11:30 – 11:45 a.m.Break
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.Joseph Kahn, executive editor of The New York Times, in conversation with Henry Chu, NF ’15, deputy news editor at the Los Angeles Times
12:45 – 1:45 p.m.Lunch
1:45 – 2 p.m.A tribute to Bob Giles, Nieman Foundation curator, 2000-2011
With Martha Bebinger, NF ’10, health care reporter at WBUR, and Alfredo Corchado, NF ’09, Mexico/border correspondent for The Dallas Morning News
2 – 3 p.m.The Challenges of Covering War in the Middle East
Moderator: Simon Wilson, NF ’08, former BBC News editor and bureau chief in Jerusalem, Washington and Brussels
  • Hannah Allam, NF ’09, national security reporter, The Washington PostAlissa Johannsen Rubin, NF ’21, international correspondent and senior writer, The New York TimesRomy Neumark, NF ’23, visiting lecturer in Jewish Studies at Harvard’s NELC and former senior anchor at KAN in IsraelEdward Wong, NF’18, diplomatic correspondent, The New York Times
3 – 3:30 p.m.Nieman Notes: Open Mic
Do you have a special project you’ve been working on? Some news you’d like to share? Fellows are invited to address the Nieman community in this quick-paced lightning round. You’ll have two minutes to speak. (You may also share links about your work on our photo-sharing site.)
3:30– 4 p.m.Buses leave the conference center for Cambridge
6:30 – 7 p.m.Buses leave the Sheraton Commander Hotel in Cambridge for the Boston Public Library
7 – 11 p.m.Reception and dinner
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston St., Boston | map
10 – 11 p.m.Buses leave the Boston Public Library for Cambridge

Sunday, October 29, 2023

10 – 11 a.m.Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and CEO of Rappler in the Philippines, in conversation with Nieman curator Ann Marie Lipinski
Harvard University Science Center, Hall C
1 Oxford St., Cambridge | map
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.Brunch
Lippmann House
One Francis Ave., Cambridge