Events

Puerto Rico’s Centro de Periodismo Investigativo receives 2020 Louis M. Lyons Award

Puerto Rico’s Centro de Periodismo Investigativo receives 2020 Louis M. Lyons Award

Nieman Fellows in the class of 2020 at Harvard University presented the 2020 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism to Puerto Rico’s Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI) on January 27.…
Covering Climate Change: A Workshop for Journalists

Covering Climate Change: A Workshop for Journalists

On November 14–16, 2019, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard hosted “Covering Climate Change,” an intensive training workshop for journalists on covering climate change and related issues. Our goal…
Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief, BuzzFeed

Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief, BuzzFeed

Ben Smith became editor in chief of BuzzFeed in 2011 when the website known for its listicles and cat photos got into the business of breaking news. Smith, an early…
Avi Loeb, Harvard Astronomer on Alien Life, Thinking Big, and the Value of the Humanities

Avi Loeb, Harvard Astronomer on Alien Life, Thinking Big, and the Value of the Humanities

Avi Loeb, chairman of the Harvard astronomy department and the author of hundreds of scientific papers, has been recognized for his work but nothing compares to the media attention he…
Indianapolis Star reporter Marisa Kwiatkowski receives 2019 Lyons Award

Indianapolis Star reporter Marisa Kwiatkowski receives 2019 Lyons Award

Nieman Fellows in the class of 2019 at Harvard University have selected Marisa Kwiatkowski, an investigative reporter at The Indianapolis Star, for the 2019 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and…
Journalist Alfredo Corchado delivers the 37th Morris Lecture at Harvard

Journalist Alfredo Corchado delivers the 37th Morris Lecture at Harvard

Author and journalist Alfredo Corchado delivered the 37th Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism on Nov. 14, 2018. The annual Morris Lecture is presented an American…
Elena Milashina Receives 2018 Lyons Award

Elena Milashina Receives 2018 Lyons Award

In recognition of her groundbreaking and persistent investigative reporting on human rights abuses in Russia while enduring threats from powerful figures, Nieman Fellows in the class of 2018 at Harvard…
2018 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture

2018 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario delivered the 36th Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism on Jan. 18, 2018. Addario covers important news and feature stories around the globe and regularly…
Presentation of the 50th annual Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

Presentation of the 50th annual Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

The Nieman Foundation presented the 2016 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism on May 4, 2017. The award went to the Chicago Tribune and reporters Michael J. Berens and Patricia Callahan for their…
Covering Housing: A Workshop for Journalists

Covering Housing: A Workshop for Journalists

March 16-18, 2017, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard hosted an intensive training workshop for journalists on covering housing and related issues. Our goal was to bring together a diverse…