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Is half a billion dollars a big-enough Band-Aid to cure what ails local news?

The Press Forward coalition, led by the MacArthur Foundation, has pledged to invest $500 million in revitalizing local news over the next five years while working to raise more.

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Apply for a spot in the Nieman class of 2025

Join us at Harvard: We're now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Nieman Fellowships. The deadline for international journalists (non-U.S. citizens) is Dec. 1; for U.S. journalists, it’s Jan. 31.

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Pick some winners while you sip that latte

Nieman Storyboard editor Jacqui Banaszynski offers a list of journalism contest entry due dates. It’s never too early to select your best work from 2023 for award consideration. Mark your calendars, journalists.

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Remembering Bob Giles

Former Nieman Foundation curator Bob Giles has died. The veteran journalist oversaw the launch of Nieman Journalism Lab, Nieman Storyboard and several national journalism awards during his 11 years at Harvard.

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Since 1938, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism has brought more than 1,700 promising and accomplished journalists from 100 countries to Harvard for a year of study, innovation and experimentation.

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Alumni Perspectives

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Foundation News

Philip Meyer, NF ’67, data journalism pioneer and educator, dies at 93

Nieman Lab at Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism expands coverage of local news and AI

Paul Carvalho, NF’95, Montreal-based filmmaker, dies at 72

Diana Marcum, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, dies at 60

Bob Giles, former Nieman Foundation curator, dies at 90

Jerome Aumente, NF ’68, international journalism educator and professor emeritus at Rutgers, dies at 85

2023 Nieman Journalism Awards Ceremony

Hodding Carter III, NF ’66, civil rights champion and State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces its 86th class of fellows

Mike Pride, NF ’85, longtime Concord Monitor editor and Pulitzer Prize administrator, dies at 76

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