Awards

The Miami Herald’s “Fight Club” wins Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

The Miami Herald’s “Fight Club” wins Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

The Miami Herald’s “Fight Club” series, which exposed disturbing problems and abuse within Florida’s juvenile justice system, is winner of the 2017 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism.Reported by Carol…
April 12, 2018
“The Tax Divide” by Chicago Tribune/ProPublica Illinois wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism

“The Tax Divide” by Chicago Tribune/ProPublica Illinois wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism

Reporter Jason GrottoCAMBRIDGE, Mass. – “The Tax Divide,” the result of an extensive two-year investigation led by reporter Jason Grotto into the unfair property tax assessment system in Cook County,…
April 9, 2018
Veteran investigative reporter Charles Lewis to receive I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Veteran investigative reporter Charles Lewis to receive I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Charles LewisIn recognition of his unceasing efforts to strengthen and support the work of investigative journalists in the U.S. and abroad, journalist and author Charles Lewis has been awarded the…
April 3, 2018
Amy Goldstein, Chris Hamby, Stephen Kotkin, and Rachel Louise Snyder Named Winners of the 2018 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

Amy Goldstein, Chris Hamby, Stephen Kotkin, and Rachel Louise Snyder Named Winners of the 2018 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard are pleased to announce the four winners and the two finalists of the 2018 Lukas Prize Project Awards. The…
March 27, 2018
Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation announce the 2018 J. Anthony Lukas Prizes shortlist

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation announce the 2018 J. Anthony Lukas Prizes shortlist

The Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University are pleased to announce the 2018 shortlist for the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards, the…
February 23, 2018
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario to deliver Morris Lecture at Harvard

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario to deliver Morris Lecture at Harvard

Lynsey AddarioPhotojournalist Lynsey Addario will deliver the 36th Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism on Jan. 18, 2018. The annual Morris Lecture honors an American overseas…
January 5, 2018
Russian investigative reporter Elena Milashina wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Russian investigative reporter Elena Milashina wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Elena MilashinaNieman Fellows in the class of 2018 at Harvard University have selected Elena Milashina for the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. Milashina was chosen…
December 20, 2017
Presentation of the 2016 Taylor Family Award and 2017 I.F. Stone Medal

Presentation of the 2016 Taylor Family Award and 2017 I.F. Stone Medal

The Nieman Foundation presented the 2016 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism and the 2017 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence on April 26, 2017. The Oregonian/OregonLive won the…
April 26, 2017
Journalist and author Victor S. Navasky to receive I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Journalist and author Victor S. Navasky to receive I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Victor S. NavaskyIn recognition of a career dedicated to journalistic integrity and for his work speaking truth to power beyond the confines of mainstream media, journalist Victor S. Navasky has…
April 13, 2017
Chicago Tribune's "Suffering in Secret" wins 50th annual Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

Chicago Tribune’s “Suffering in Secret” wins 50th annual Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

The Chicago Tribune’s three-part series “Suffering in Secret,” is winner of the 2016 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism. The result of a yearlong investigation into the abuse and neglect…
April 7, 2017