Events

2024 Nieman Journalism Awards Ceremony

2024 Nieman Journalism Awards Ceremony

During a ceremony at Walter Lippmann House at Harvard University on May 3, 2024, the Nieman Foundation presented three of its annual journalism awards to the 2024 winners and finalists.…
Nieman’s 85th Anniversary Reunion Weekend

Nieman’s 85th Anniversary Reunion Weekend

The Nieman Foundation celebrated its 85th anniversary in 2023 with an inspiring and thought-provoking reunion weekend at the end of October. More than 400 guests from 40 countries representing seven decades of…
2023 Nieman Journalism Awards Ceremony

2023 Nieman Journalism Awards Ceremony

During a ceremony at Walter Lippmann House at Harvard University on May 5, 2023, the Nieman Foundation presented three of its annual journalism awards to the 2023 winners and finalists.…
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…
2019 Nieman Journalism Awards Ceremony

2019 Nieman Journalism Awards Ceremony

During a ceremony at Walter Lippmann House on May 1, 2019, the Nieman Foundation honored several investigative journalists and their work by presenting three of the foundation’s annual journalism awards:…
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…