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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wins Taylor Family Award with “Deadly Delays”

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has won the Nieman Foundation’s 2013 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for Deadly Delays. The comprehensive watchdog investigation reveals how delays in newborn screening…

Justin Kaplan, Pulitzer-winning biographer: 1925-2014

Justin Kaplan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author best known for his biographies of literary greats Mark Twain and Walt Whitman and muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens, died on March 2 in Cambridge,…

Remembering Raymond White, class of ’76

Raymond J. White, a Nieman Fellow in the class of 1976, has died in Maryland at the age of 79.

Pamela Colloff accepts 2014 Lyons Award

Speaking recently at the Nieman Foundation, Pamela Colloff, winner of the Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism, offered a confession: “I love reporting. I hate writing.” Why…

Edward Walsh, former Washington Post and Oregonian reporter, dies at 71

Edward Walsh, '82, who covered politics for The Washington Post and The Oregonian, died on Feb. 14 at the age of 71.

The state of journalism in China

Ahead of the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square, Nieman Reports takes an in-depth look at The State of Journalism in China and what a number of reporters are doing to…

2013 Nieman Fellows receive Knight grants for new projects

Five members of the Nieman class of 2013 have received funding through the Knight Prototype Fund to develop two innovative media projects.

Nieman Foundation announces 2014 Visiting Fellows

The Nieman Foundation has selected five journalists as Visiting Fellows for the 2014 calendar year. Each will spend a short period of time at Harvard University to work on a…

The year in review: the 2013 annual report

The Nieman Foundation’s 2013 annual report summarizes the many activities that kept staff and fellows busy during the past year including Nieman’s 75th anniversary celebration in September, seminars, shoptalks, and…

Deb Amos, NF ’92, is recipient of 2013 duPont-Columbia Award

Deb Amos, a 1992 Nieman Fellow, is among the 14 winners of the 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards. Amos, a correspondent for National Public Radio, and colleague Kelly McEvers will…