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Special Edition of Nieman Reports Provides Practical Guidance for Reporting on Science, the Environment, Health and Medicine

A special edition of Nieman Reports featuring practical and reflective guidance from 84 leading journalists and scholars who study or report on science, the environment, health and medicine has been…

Nieman Foundation Names Wing to Honor John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

The new wing on the Nieman Foundation's home at Harvard University will honor the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for its long-standing support of the Nieman mission to…

Sussman Named Editor of Nieman Watchdog Journalism Project

Barry Sussman, who led The Washington Post's day-to-day coverage of the Watergate scandal, has been named editor of the Watchdog Project at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

The Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team Wins Taylor Award for Fairness in Newspapers

The Boston Globe Spotlight Team's coverage of the sexual-abuse scandal in the Catholic Church and the team's outstanding effort to examine charges and accusations from all sides and sources is…

Deposed Editor of Zimbabwe’s Lone Independent Newspaper Named Nieman Fellow

Geoff Nyarota, a journalist forced to flee Zimbabwe after he was removed as the editor of the nation's only independent newspaper, has been appointed a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.

The Learning Curve: Are News Organizations Failing Their Best and Brightest?

Transcript of The Reed Sarratt Lecture, School of Journalism, University of North Carolina, November 11, 2002, by Bob Giles.

James C. Thomson, Former Nieman Foundation Curator, Dies at 70

James C. Thomson, former Nieman Foundation curator, East-Asia historian and key figure in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, died Sunday at Newton-Wellesley Hospital of cardiac arrest after a brief illness.…

Nieman Foundation Receives $420,000 to Support Fellowships for Latin American Journalists

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has received $420,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to provide fellowships for journalists of accomplishment and promise from…

Canadian Publisher Whose Firing Sparked Outcry over Editorial Freedom Named Nieman Fellow

Russell Mills, who was fired as publisher of the Ottawa Citizen following publication of a story critical of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and an editorial calling for his resignation, has…

Nieman Foundation Announces U.S. and International Fellows for 2002-03

Twelve U.S. journalists and 13 international journalists were appointed to the 65th class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University.