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Hasan Cemal and Turkish journalists honored at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation

Hasan Cemal and Turkish journalists honored at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation

Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal received the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism on March 12, 2015 at Harvard University. Nieman Fellows in the class of 2015 chose Cemal…
The ABC’s of Social Media with Sree Sreenivasan

The ABC’s of Social Media with Sree Sreenivasan

Sree Sreenivasan, the chief digital officer of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, dropped by the Nieman Foundation—while on a family vacation to Boston no less—to share some of his…
2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Filmmaker Laura Poitras was the recipient of the 2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence, awarded each year by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Amy Goodman, host and executive…
2014 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture

2014 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture

New York Times senior photographer and two-time Pulitzer winner Tyler Hicks presented the 34th Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard on Nov. 6, 2014.…

Fellows present !nstant app at Global Editors Summit in Spain

In June 2014 at the Global Editors Network Summit in Barcelona, several 2013 Nieman Fellows presented “!nstant” an innovative new app designed to help journalists and others make sense of breaking…
2014 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

2014 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

Watch Videos of the Awards Hurricane Katrina, Civil Rights and Ben Franklin’s sister, Jane Pulitzer Prize-winner Sheri Fink, journalist Adrienne Berard,…
Latin America’s Media Innovators

Latin America’s Media Innovators

By Jessie Schanzle and Aleszu Bajak In April, the Nieman Foundation and Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies hosted a discussion about the future of Latin American media…
2013 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

2013 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

Remarks Q&A The series that won the 2013 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism began with a call from a source. A social worker told Sacramento Bee reporter Cynthia Hubert…

Reporting Risks in Afghanistan

During a talk at the Nieman Foundation on April 4, Kim Barker, who covered Afghanistan for the Chicago Tribune, spoke with Afghan journalist Sangar Rahimi, NF ’14, about the challenges…
Susan Crawford, Visiting Professor in Intellectual Property, Harvard Law School

Susan Crawford, Visiting Professor in Intellectual Property, Harvard Law School

For 77 percent of Americans, the only option for high-speed, high-capacity wired Internet access is through their local cable monopoly. As cable broadband providers consolidate, Americans are left in a…