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Mary C. Curtis, NF ’06, Recognized for Columns

Mary C. Curtis received a first-place award in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists contest for three columns in The Washington Post. The pieces focused on gay NBA player Jason…
September 12, 2014

Amy Ellis Nutt, NF ’05, Joins The Washington Post

Amy Ellis Nutt will join The Washington Post in September as a science writer. She wrote in an e-mail, “I went to Harvard as a Nieman 10 years ago to…
September 12, 2014

Louise Kiernan, NF ’05, Named Editor of Nieman Storyboard

Louise Kiernan is now the editor of Nieman Storyboard, which showcases exceptional narrative and explores the future of nonfiction storytelling.Kiernan, who was part of the Chicago Tribune team that won…
September 12, 2014

Carol Bradley, NF ’04, Publishes Book on Trained Elephants

Carol Bradley’s “Last Chain on Billy: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top” was published by St. Martin’s Press in July. Kirkus Reviews called it a “moving and informative…
September 12, 2014

Giannina Segnini, NF ’02, Wins Maria Moors Cabot Prize

Giannina Segnini received a Maria Moors Cabot Prize, which recognizes journalists for their contribution to inter-American understanding. She was editor of the investigative unit at La Nación in Costa Rica…
September 12, 2014

Ken Armstrong, NF ’01, Joins Marshall Project

Ken Armstrong has joined The Marshall Project, a non-profit journalism organization covering criminal justice. He joins Tim Golden, NF ‘96, who is managing editor for investigations and news. Armstrong previously…
September 12, 2014

Dennis Cruywagen, NF ’00, Publishes Book on South Africa

Dennis Cruywagen’s book “Brothers in War and Peace: Constand and Abraham Viljoen and the Birth of the New South Africa” was published by Zebra Press in August. It tells the…
September 12, 2014

Phillip W.D. Martin, NF ’98, Wins a Murrow Award

Phillip W.D. Martin, a senior investigative reporter for WGBH in Boston, received an Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association for “Underground Trade.” Produced in cooperation…
September 12, 2014

Howard Berkes, NF ’98, Wins a Murrow Award

Howard Berkes, a correspondent for NPR, received an Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association for the 2013 series, “Buried in Grain,” produced in collaboration with…
September 12, 2014

Marjorie Valbrun, NF ’97, Awarded O’Brien Fellowship

Marjorie Valbrun will be an O’Brien Fellow at Marquette University for the 2014–15 academic year. The fellowship allows journalists to pursue a public service journalism project while mentoring students. Valbrun…
September 12, 2014