Awards

John Walcott Receives First I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence for pre-Iraq War Coverage

John Walcott, Washington bureau chief of the McClatchy Co., is the first recipient of the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence.
July 23, 2008

Chauncey Bailey Honored with Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

The Nieman Foundation presented the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism posthumously to Chauncey Bailey on Tuesday, May 6, 2008.
May 6, 2008

Chicago Tribune’s Howard Witt wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for Reports on Race

Chicago Tribune Southwest Bureau Chief Howard Witt has won the 2008 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for his coverage of racial issues in America.
April 16, 2008

Tim Golden of New York Times to Deliver Morris Lecture at Nieman Foundation

Tim Golden, senior writer for The New York Times, will present the 2008 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation on February 21, 2008.
March 13, 2008

William Worthy to Receive Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

The Nieman Foundation will present the Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism to William Worthy on Friday, February 22, 2008.
February 13, 2008

2007 Louis Lyons Award

Hu Shuli, editor in chief of China’s Caijing magazine, received the 2007 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism.
May 16, 2007

Lancaster Newspaper’s Stories on Shooting of Amish School Girls Wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers

A series by the Lancaster New Era about the shooting of 10 Amish girls in a one-room school house in rural Pennsylvania has won the 2007 Taylor Family Award for…
April 2, 2007

The Sacramento Bee Series on Immigrant Forest Workers Wins $10,000 Taylor Family Award

A series by The Sacramento Bee about the misuse and abuse of Latino immigrants who work in America's forest industry has won the 2006 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in…
May 3, 2006

Nieman Fellows Honor Slain Iraqi Reporter With 2006 Louis Lyons Award

The 2006 Class of Nieman Fellows has chosen Atwar Bahjat to receive this year's Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism.
April 25, 2006

Columbia and Nieman Foundation Announce 2006 Lukas Prize Project Awards

Three Prizes Honor J. Anthony Lukas, Late Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author
March 24, 2006