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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.
November 11, 2002
Robert H. 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.…
August 12, 2002

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…
August 8, 2002

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…
August 5, 2002

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.
May 21, 2002

Hartford Courant Wins Taylor Award For Fairness In Newspapers

An article by Les Gura of the Hartford Courant about an instructor at Yale University, who became the focus of stories that unfairly cast him as a murder suspect, is…
April 18, 2002

Journalism in a Time of Turbulence and Terror: Some Questions

Text of speech delivered by Bob Giles, Nieman Foundation curator, at the University of Nebraska College of Journalism and Mass Communication on October 19, 2001.
October 19, 2001
Bob Giles

Nieman Foundation Establishes Program on Narrative Journalism

The Nieman Foundation has established an innovative program to further the craft of narrative journalism.
August 17, 2001

Chris Georges Reporting Scholarship Expanded

The Christopher J. Georges Journalism Scholarship Fund for in-depth reporting is expanding its eligibility to enable more young writers to apply.
August 9, 2001

Harvard Names Robert Giles Nieman Foundation Curator

Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine announced today that Robert H. Giles has been selected as the next curator of the University's Nieman Foundation for Journalism.
July 25, 2001