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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.

Chicago Tribune wins Taylor Family Award for “Clout Goes to College”

The Chicago Tribune has won the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for “Clout Goes to College,” its evenhanded and thorough investigation of improper influence peddling in the admissions…

The Nieman Foundation’s 2009 Annual Report

The Nieman Foundation’s 2009 Annual Report—our first digital-only version of the publication—is now online.

Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Funds New Business Journalism Fellowship at Nieman Foundation

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has been awarded a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to establish a new annual fellowship for business journalists. The grant additionally renews funding…
2009 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

2009 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

The journalists of Afghanistan face grave danger on the job. The Committee to Protect Journalists has documented the death of six Afghan media workers inside Afghanistan in the last three…
Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

Through his many articles and editorials, Sri Lankan editor Lasantha Wickrematunge worked tirelessly and fearlessly to expose rampant government corruption and the devastating impact of his country’s 30-year civil war.…