Nieman Notes

Vladimir A. Voina, a 1990 Nieman Fellow who wrote for Russian and U.S. publications, dies at 83

Vladimir A. Voina, a 1990 Nieman Fellow who wrote for Russian and U.S. publications, dies at 83

Vladimir A. Voina, a 1990 Nieman Fellow and Russian journalist who wrote for a number of U.S. and Russian publications, died from cancer complications on October 16 in Boston. He…

Jane Spencer, NF ’13, Named Fusion’s EIC for Digital Content

Jane Spencer is now editor in chief for digital content at Fusion. Spencer, a former correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, was a founding editor of The Daily Beast.

Robert Timberg, NF ’80, publishes Vietnam memoir

Robert Timberg is the author of “Blue-Eyed Boy: A Memoir,” published by Penguin Press in July. In 1967, Timberg was days away from ending his tour of duty in Vietnam…

H.D.S. Greenway, NF ’72, publishes memoir

H.D.S. Greenway’s memoir “Foreign Correspondent” was published in August by Simon & Schuster. Greenway covered some of the most dramatic developments of the latter half of the 20th century—in Vietnam,…

Host and creator of the public television series “Watch on Washington” dies at 84

John A. Hamilton, host and creator of the public television series “Watch on Washington,” died June 7 at a hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. He was 84. The cause was complications…

Peter H. Binzen, NF ’62, publishes biography of former Philadelphia mayor

Peter H. Binzen is author of “Richardson Dilworth: Last of the Bare-Knuckled Aristocrats,” published in June by Camino Books.
Kim Yong-koo, managing editor of the Korea Times and a 1963 Nieman Fellow, dies at 90

Kim Yong-koo, managing editor of the Korea Times and a 1963 Nieman Fellow, dies at 90

Kim Yong-koo, a 1963 Nieman Fellow—the first from South Korea—and former managing editor of The Korea Times and, died August 19 in Seoul. He was 90.Kim Yong-kooAfter working as an…

William McIlwain Jr., NF ’58, editor, novelist, dies at 88

William F. McIlwain Jr., NF ’58, a longtime newspaper editor and novelist has died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at the age of 88.
Giannina Segnini, NF ’02, wins Cabot Prize

Giannina Segnini, NF ’02, wins Cabot Prize

Giannina Segnini, a leading investigative journalist and a 2002 Nieman Fellow, has been selected as one of the 2014 winners of the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes by Columbia University's Graduate…

“The Sense of Being Somewhere Else”

Robert L. Drew, NF ’55, an award-winning innovator in broadcast journalism whose documentaries about John F. Kennedy helped define the cinéma vérité style of filmmaking, died on Wednesday at his…