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Samantha Henry named editor of Nieman Reports 

Samantha Henry named editor of Nieman Reports 

She previously worked as Nieman’s assistant director for programming and special projects.
July 1, 2025
Rod Nordland, NF ’89, longtime foreign correspondent for The New York Times and Newsweek, dies at 75

Rod Nordland, NF ’89, longtime foreign correspondent for The New York Times and Newsweek, dies at 75

He covered wars across the globe and in his final years, his own battle with cancer
July 1, 2025
Liang-Zhou Nieman Fellowship established at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism

Liang-Zhou Nieman Fellowship established at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism

A gift from the Endeavor Foundation will support journalists who work in or are from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
June 24, 2025
Renee Ferguson, longtime Chicago investigative journalist and 2007 Nieman Fellow, dies at 75

Renee Ferguson, longtime Chicago investigative journalist and 2007 Nieman Fellow, dies at 75

Renee Ferguson, the first Black woman to work as an investigative reporter on television in Chicago, died in hospice care on June 6, 2025, at the age of 75.  She was…
June 13, 2025
Henry Chu named interim curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

Henry Chu named interim curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

Henry Chu has been named interim curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Currently Nieman’s deputy curator, Chu will start his new role when Curator Ann Marie…
June 5, 2025
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces its 88th class of fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces its 88th class of fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has selected 22 accomplished journalists from around the world as members of the class of 2026.  The new cohort, representing nine countries, includes reporters, editors,…
May 8, 2025
Mark Trahant wins the 2025 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Mark Trahant wins the 2025 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Mark Trahant, who for more than five decades has worked for and led newsrooms in the American West, has been selected for the 2025 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence in recognition…
April 11, 2025
Nieman Fellows Honor +972 Magazine with Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

Nieman Fellows Honor +972 Magazine with Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

Fellows in the class of 2025 at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism have chosen +972 Magazine, an independent, nonprofit news organization run by a binational team of Palestinian and Israeli journalists, for this…
April 2, 2025
Susie Cagle, Dan Xin Huang, Rebecca Nagle, Kathleen DuVal win 2025 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

Susie Cagle, Dan Xin Huang, Rebecca Nagle, Kathleen DuVal win 2025 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University are pleased to announce the four winners and three finalists of the 2025 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project…
March 31, 2025
Pioneering Zimbabwean journalist Geoffrey Nyarota, a 2003-2004 Nieman Fellow, dies at 74

Pioneering Zimbabwean journalist Geoffrey Nyarota, a 2003-2004 Nieman Fellow, dies at 74

Journalist Geoffrey Nyarota,who founded Zimbabwe’s influential independent newspaper The Daily News and was a courageous champion for press freedom in his country, died of colon cancer on March 22, 2025. He was 74.  Nyarota…
March 27, 2025