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Nieman Foundation calls for release of journalist Dorothy Parvaz in Syria

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard is calling for information and assistance in obtaining the release of journalist Dorothy Parvaz, a 2009 Nieman Fellow, who is being held in…
May 6, 2011

Journalism in Eastern Europe: Who controls the media?

The end of the Cold War and the collapse of a dozen totalitarian states 20 years ago triggered the emergence of democracy in the region previously known as the Communist…
May 5, 2011
Nieman supporter Bill Taylor dies at 78

Nieman supporter Bill Taylor dies at 78

William Osgood Taylor II, a longtime friend and supporter of the Nieman Foundation, has died in Boston after a lengthy illness. Taylor was the fourth member of his family to…
May 2, 2011

Ann Marie Lipinski Named New Curator of Nieman Foundation

Ann Marie Lipinski, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former editor of the Chicago Tribune, has been named curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard.
April 19, 2011
The Value of the Nieman Experience

The Value of the Nieman Experience

Nieman curator Bob Giles writes about “The Value of the Nieman Fellows’ Experience” in the Spring 2011 issue of Nieman Reports. His comments about the 50th anniversary of the South…
April 16, 2011

Nieman curator weighs in on digital censorship

Nieman curator Bob Giles writes about the difficulties Chinese blogger Michael Anti is having publishing under his preferred name. Anti, a 2008 Nieman Fellow whose government-recorded name is Zhao Jing,…
March 16, 2011
Harvard’s Rev. Peter Gomes dies at 68

Harvard’s Rev. Peter Gomes dies at 68

Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes, a longtime friend of the Nieman Foundation and host to decades of Nieman classes in his home on campus has died. Gomes, Plummer Professor of…
March 3, 2011

Argus Leader wins Taylor Family Award with “Growing Up Indian”

The Argus Leader in Sioux Falls has won the 2010 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers with “Growing Up Indian,” an eight-part series that examines the daunting challenges faced…
February 23, 2011
South African fellowship turns 50

South African fellowship turns 50

The new challenges of journalism and press freedom in South Africa will be the focus as media leaders gather in Cape Town on Saturday, Feb. 12, to mark the 50th…
February 7, 2011

Nieman’s 2010 Annual Report

The Nieman Foundation’s 2010 annual report is now online. It highlights the many partnerships the foundation has formed in the interest of strengthening journalism worldwide through Nieman fellowships, print and…
December 22, 2010