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“What Ever Happened to the Free Press?”

“What Ever Happened to the Free Press?”

In Florida, Miami Herald reporters Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch documented widespread brutality and abuse within the state’s juvenile justice system. As a direct result of their work, the Florida…
August 16, 2018
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jacqui Banaszynski joins Nieman Storyboard as editor

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jacqui Banaszynski joins Nieman Storyboard as editor

Jacqui BanaszynskiThe Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard is pleased to announce Pulitzer-winning journalist Jacqui Banaszynski as the new editor of Nieman Storyboard, the foundation’s online publication that promotes and…
May 23, 2018

Nieman Fellows begin new jobs

A number of Nieman alumni have begun new jobs in recent months.
May 16, 2018
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces the 81st class of Nieman Fellows

Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces the 81st class of Nieman Fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, home to internationally recognized journalism fellowships, programs and publications, has selected 27 Nieman Fellows for the class of 2019. The group includes reporters,…
May 1, 2018
The Miami Herald’s “Fight Club” wins Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

The Miami Herald’s “Fight Club” wins Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

The Miami Herald’s “Fight Club” series, which exposed disturbing problems and abuse within Florida’s juvenile justice system, is winner of the 2017 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism.Reported by Carol…
April 12, 2018

Sam Zagoria, a 1955 Nieman Fellow and former Washington Post ombudsman, dies at 98

Sam Zagoria, a 1955 Nieman Fellow and former Washington Post ombudsman, died at his home in San Francisco on April 2 after suffering kidney failure. He was 98.A political reporter…
April 11, 2018
“The Tax Divide” by Chicago Tribune/ProPublica Illinois wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism

“The Tax Divide” by Chicago Tribune/ProPublica Illinois wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism

Reporter Jason GrottoCAMBRIDGE, Mass. – “The Tax Divide,” the result of an extensive two-year investigation led by reporter Jason Grotto into the unfair property tax assessment system in Cook County,…
April 9, 2018
Veteran investigative reporter Charles Lewis to receive I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Veteran investigative reporter Charles Lewis to receive I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Charles LewisIn recognition of his unceasing efforts to strengthen and support the work of investigative journalists in the U.S. and abroad, journalist and author Charles Lewis has been awarded the…
April 3, 2018
Amy Goldstein, Chris Hamby, Stephen Kotkin, and Rachel Louise Snyder Named Winners of the 2018 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

Amy Goldstein, Chris Hamby, Stephen Kotkin, and Rachel Louise Snyder Named Winners of the 2018 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard are pleased to announce the four winners and the two finalists of the 2018 Lukas Prize Project Awards. The…
March 27, 2018

Ralph Otwell, a 1960 Nieman Fellow and former editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, has died

Ralph Otwell, a 1960 Nieman Fellow and former editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, died on March 8, 2017 from complications from heart failure in Evanston, Illinois. He was 90.During his…
March 1, 2018