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Documentary by Alison MacAdam, NF’ 14, Wins Award

Alison MacAdam, a 2014 Nieman Fellow, was one of three editors of “Teenage Diaries Revisited: Melissa’s Story,” which received a best documentary award in the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. “Melissa’s…
February 12, 2015

William Woestendiek, NF ’55, Dies

William Woestendiek, a 1955 Nieman Fellow, died on January 16 at a Mesa, Arizona nursing facility. His death came after a long illness. He was 90 years old.He got his start in…
February 12, 2015

Zhao Jinglun, NF ’81, Dies

Zhao Jinglun, a 1981 Nieman Fellow, died on January 24, 2015. He was 90.Jinglun, the first Nieman Fellow from mainland China, was a columnist for the Hong Kong Economic Journal and The China…
February 12, 2015

George Rodrigue, NF ’90, Named Editor of Cleveland Plain Dealer

George Rodrigue, a 1990 Nieman Fellow, is the new editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio.Rodrigue previously served as the assistant news director at Dallas’s WFAA and as managing…
January 31, 2015

Alex Jones, NF ’82, To Leave Shorenstein Center

After 15 years of service, Alex Jones will step down from his position as director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy on July 1.In an open letter announcing…
January 14, 2015

Piero Benetazzo, NF ’82, 1936-2015

Piero Benetazzo, a 1982 Nieman Fellow, died January 11, at home in Rome 13 months after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He was 78.Benetazzo was the first Italian…
January 12, 2015

Nieman Fellow Authors Book on Queen Isabella

Kirstin Downey, a 2001 Nieman Fellow, has written a biography of Queen Isabella of Castile, an influential and controversial monarch known for presiding over the Inquisition and supporting Christopher Columbus’s…
December 19, 2014

Two Niemans, Nieman Advisor Win duPont Award

Craig Welch, NF ’07, and Michael Kirk, NF ’80, have received Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University awards. The duPont awards, announced in December, recognize excellence in broadcast, documentary, and digital journalism, with…
December 19, 2014
Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Nieman Fellows in the class of 2015 have selected prominent Turkish journalist and writer Hasan Cemal as this year’s recipient of the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity…
December 16, 2014

Remembering Thomas Sancton Sr. NF ’42, civil rights crusader at The New Republic

Just one week after mass resignations were submitted at The New Republic, Tom Sancton Jr., the son of 1942 Nieman Fellow Thomas Sancton Jr., writes about his father’s legacy as…
December 12, 2014