Nieman Notes

Dina Kraft, a 2012 Nieman Fellow, received an Ochberg Fellowship at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University. She is the associate program coordinator of the Media…

David Jiménez’s “Children of the Monsoon,” translated from the Spanish by Andrea Rosenberg, has been published by Autumn Hill Books. This collection of his literary journalism draws on his years of…

Alison MacAdam, a 2014 Nieman Fellow, was one of three editors of “Teenage Diaries Revisited: Melissa’s Story,” which received a best documentary award in the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. “Melissa’s…

William Woestendiek, a 1955 Nieman Fellow, died on January 16 at a Mesa, Arizona nursing facility. His death came after a long illness. He was 90 years old.He got his start in…

Zhao Jinglun, a 1981 Nieman Fellow, died on January 24, 2015. He was 90.Jinglun, the first Nieman Fellow from mainland China, was a columnist for the Hong Kong Economic Journal and The China…

George Rodrigue, a 1990 Nieman Fellow, is the new editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio.Rodrigue previously served as the assistant news director at Dallas’s WFAA and as managing…

After 15 years of service, Alex Jones will step down from his position as director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy on July 1.In an open letter announcing…

Kirstin Downey, a 2001 Nieman Fellow, has written a biography of Queen Isabella of Castile, an influential and controversial monarch known for presiding over the Inquisition and supporting Christopher Columbus’s…

Craig Welch, NF ’07, and Michael Kirk, NF ’80, have received Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University awards. The duPont awards, announced in December, recognize excellence in broadcast, documentary, and digital journalism, with…

Just one week after mass resignations were submitted at The New Republic, Tom Sancton Jr., the son of 1942 Nieman Fellow Thomas Sancton Jr., writes about his father’s legacy as…