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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,…
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…

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…
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…

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…

Nieman Curator Bob Giles to Retire

Bob Giles, curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard for the past decade, will retire at the end of the academic year in June 2011. “It is not…

Collaboration kicks off with Nieman Reports articles on international reporting

Supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, journalist and 2009 Nieman Fellow Fatima Tlisova writes in the fall issue of Nieman Reports about the extreme dangers of reporting in…

Nieman Foundation, Pulitzer Center join forces to strengthen global health reporting

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting have joined forces to support international reporting initiatives with a special focus on global health coverage. …

Nieman Foundation announces Nieman Fellows in Class of 2011

The Nieman Foundation has selected 25 journalists from the United States and abroad to join the 73rd class of Nieman Fellows. The group includes journalists who work in print, radio,…

3 alums receive National Headliner Awards

Three Nieman Fellows were among the recipients of the 2010 National Headliner Awards: Guy Raz, Elizabeth Leland, and Margie Mason.