Nieman Notes Sam Zagoria, a 1955 Nieman Fellow and former Washington Post ombudsman, dies at 98 Sam Zagoria, a 1955 Nieman Fellow and former Washington Post ombudsman, died at his home in San Francisco on April 2 after suffering kidney failure. He was 98.A political reporter… April 11, 2018 Ralph Otwell, a 1960 Nieman Fellow and former editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, has died Ralph Otwell, a 1960 Nieman Fellow and former editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, died on March 8, 2017 from complications from heart failure in Evanston, Illinois. He was 90.During his… March 1, 2018 Lawrence Weiss, longtime editorial writer for The Denver Post and NF ’49, dies at 97 Lawrence G. Weiss, a 1949 Nieman Fellow who was a longtime editorial writer for The Denver Post before becoming a public affairs advisor, died in Boulder, Colorado on January 10.… January 19, 2018 Roy Reed, NF ’64, who covered civil rights for The New York Times, dies at 87 Roy Reed, a 1964 Nieman Fellow who covered the civil rights movement for The New York Times, died December 10 in Fayetteville, Arkansas after suffering a stroke. He was 87.Reed… December 12, 2017 Simeon Booker, NF ’51, pioneering black journalist who risked his safety covering the civil rights movement, dies at 99 Simeon Booker, a 1951 Nieman Fellow and a legendary civil rights reporter who headed the Washington bureau for Jet and Ebony magazines for five decades, died in Solomons, Maryland on… December 11, 2017 Gerald Grant, crusader for education reform and NF ’68, dies at 79 Gerald P. Grant, a 1968 Nieman Fellow and an education editor at The Washington Post before pursuing a career in the sociology of education, died in his Syracuse, New York… September 25, 2017 Michael Green, former editor of South Africa’s Daily News and NF ’68, dies at 87 Michael Green, a 1968 Nieman Fellow who served at the helm of South Africa’s Daily News and Sunday Tribune during the height of apartheid, died August 30 in Durban, South… September 5, 2017 Richard Dudman, longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter and a 1954 Nieman Fellow, dies at 99 Richard Dudman, a 1954 Nieman Fellow and longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter who, while on assignment in Cambodia, was ambushed by Viet Cong fighters and held in captivity for more… August 7, 2017 Diplomatic Relations Zvi Dor-Ner, a 1977 Nieman Fellow and a longtime WGBH executive producer, died in Brookline, Massachusetts from pancreatic cancer on April 6. He was 75.Dor-Ner spent three decades at WGBH,… May 1, 2017 Jose A. Martinez-Soler Remembering Cecilia Alvear: “You have to give back” Cecilia Alvear, NF ’89, who worked for NBC for 25 years and was a former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, died April 21 in Santa Monica, California… May 1, 2017 Anita Snow Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 52 Next
