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Dan Vergano, NF ’08, Joins BuzzFeed News

Dan Vergano has moved to BuzzFeed News, where he is a science reporter based in the media company’s Washington, D.C. bureau. He is covering science politics and policy. Vergano previously…
March 30, 2015

Craig Welch, NF ’07, Joins National Geographic

Craig Welch has left The Seattle Times for National Geographic, where he is continuing to report on the environment.
March 30, 2015

Kalpana Jain, NF ’09, Joins The Conversation US

Kalpana Jain is senior education editor at The Conversation US, a nonprofit website that launched last fall to offer news and views from the academic and research community. She works…
March 30, 2015

Holly Williams, NF ’08, and CBS Staff Wins Jack R. Howard Award

Holly Williams, along with the CBS Evening News team, received the Jack R. Howard Award and $10,000 from the Scripps Howard Foundation for “Holy War,” early coverage of the emergence…
March 30, 2015

Alissa Quart, NF ’10, Authors Book of Poetry

Alissa Quart’s book of poetry, “Monetized,” was published in March by Miami University Press. Quart’s poetry takes a hard look at the commercialization of American culture.
March 30, 2015

David Abel, NF ’13, Wins Ernie Pyle Award

David Abel of The Boston Globe received the Ernie Pyle Award for Human Interest Storytelling and $10,000 from the Scripps HowardFoundation for “The Richard Family,” a two-part narrative about overcoming…
March 30, 2015

Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowships: New program at Harvard University will advance journalism innovation

To help news innovators advance quality journalism by incorporating new practices and technology into their work, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced $223,000 in support to…
March 25, 2015
Author, filmmaker Danny Schechter, NF’ 78, dies at age 72

Author, filmmaker Danny Schechter, NF’ 78, dies at age 72

Journalist Danny Schechter, a 1978 Nieman Fellow who chronicled the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, advocated for human rights and other causes, and spoke out often about the need for…
March 20, 2015
Dori Maynard 'saw the possibility of change in almost everyone'

Dori Maynard ‘saw the possibility of change in almost everyone’

When my younger daughter was 6 years old, Bob Maynard came to dinner at our house in Des Moines. We sat for a long time at the table, as old…
March 4, 2015
Dori J. Maynard Believed 'Journalism and Life Demand All Voices'

Dori J. Maynard Believed ‘Journalism and Life Demand All Voices’

Dori J. Maynard, a 1993 Nieman Fellow and president of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education who was a longtime advocate for improving newsroom diversity, died February 24th…
February 26, 2015