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Chicago Tribune’s Howard Witt wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for Reports on Race

Chicago Tribune Southwest Bureau Chief Howard Witt has won the 2008 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for his coverage of racial issues in America.
April 16, 2008

Nieman Foundation to Administer Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

The Nieman Foundation announces it will oversee the management of the Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism.
March 27, 2008

2008 Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism Offers Fresh Take on Multimedia

From reporters and biographers to bloggers and podcasters, the country’s top literary minds will gather this weekend to explore the challenges of professional storytelling in the multimedia age.
March 13, 2008

Tim Golden of New York Times to Deliver Morris Lecture at Nieman Foundation

Tim Golden, senior writer for The New York Times, will present the 2008 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation on February 21, 2008.
March 13, 2008

Nieman Foundation Announces I.F. Stone Award Honoring Journalistic Independence

The Nieman Foundation is establishing an award that recognizes journalistic independence and honors the life of investigative journalist I.F. Stone.
March 5, 2008
William Worthy Receives Lyons Award

William Worthy Receives Lyons Award

The Nieman Foundation presented the 2008 Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism to William Worthy, Class of 1957.
February 22, 2008

Tenney Lehman, Former Nieman Executive Director, Dies at 90

Headed Harvard’s Nieman Foundation; Longtime Martha’s Vineyard Resident; Wordsmith and Poet
January 27, 2008

A Passenger on Benazir Bhutto’s bus, Christina Lamb reports on a tragic homecoming

Christina Lamb — Class of 1994 — was one of only two foreigners on board Benazir Bhutto's bus when it was bombed on October 18 upon her return to Pakistan.…
October 18, 2007

Nieman Foundation Names Hale Narrative Journalism Director

Writer Constance Hale has been named director of the Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism at the Nieman Foundation.
August 16, 2007

Class of 2007 Calls on President Yahya Jammeh to Restore Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression in The Gambia

An open letter to President Yahya Jammeh from the Class of 2007.
June 13, 2007