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Jerry Mitchell receives the 2024 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Jerry Mitchell receives the 2024 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Jerry Mitchell, director and co-founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting (MCIR), has been selected as the winner of the 2024 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence in recognition of his exemplary body…
April 12, 2024
Trailblazing South African journalist Tony Heard, NF ’88, dies at 86

Trailblazing South African journalist Tony Heard, NF ’88, dies at 86

An appreciation by Pippa Green, NF ’99, adapted from a citation presented to Tony Heard when he received the 2022 Allan Kirkland Soga Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution as a journalist…
March 29, 2024
Ukrainian reporter Yuriy Nikolov wins Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Ukrainian reporter Yuriy Nikolov wins Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Fellows in the class of 2024 at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University have chosen Ukrainian investigative journalist Yuriy Nikolov for this year’s Louis M. Lyons Award for…
March 26, 2024
Winners and finalists of the 2024 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards announced

Winners and finalists of the 2024 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards announced

Ned Blackhawk, Dashka Slater, Lorraine Boissoneault and Alice Driver are winners of the 2024 Lukas Prizes
March 19, 2024
Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation announce shortlists for the 2024 J. Anthony Lukas Prizes

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation announce shortlists for the 2024 J. Anthony Lukas Prizes

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University are pleased to announce the 2024 shortlists for the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize,…
February 28, 2024
Remer Tyson, NF ’67, who covered U.S. politics and major events in Africa, dies at 89

Remer Tyson, NF ’67, who covered U.S. politics and major events in Africa, dies at 89

An appreciation by Bill Schiller, NF ’06
January 11, 2024
Philip Meyer, NF ’67, data journalism pioneer and educator, dies at 93

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

The father of computer-assisted reporting revolutionized the way journalists work
November 10, 2023
Nieman Lab at Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism expands coverage of local news and AI

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

Nieman Journalism Lab, a Harvard University-based digital publication exploring the future of news, is expanding its staff to offer robust coverage of local news and generative AI, two issues of…
September 5, 2023
Paul Carvalho, NF’95, Montreal-based filmmaker, dies at 72

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

Paul Carvalho, an internationally recognized documentary filmmaker and a 1995 Nieman Fellow, died on August 17, 2023, at his home in Montreal, Canada, after a long illness. He was 72.Carvalho…
August 30, 2023
Diana Marcum, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, dies at 60

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

The 2018 Nieman Fellow profiled people from California’s Central Valley to the Azores
August 13, 2023