Nieman Notes

“Pure Cecilia: See a need, address it. Enlist others. Expand the sphere.”

“Pure Cecilia: See a need, address it. Enlist others. Expand the sphere.”

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…
April 27, 2017
Cecilia Alvear, diversity advocate and NF '89, has died

Cecilia Alvear, diversity advocate and NF ’89, has died

Cecilia AlvearCecilia Alvear, a longtime NBC News journalist, 1989 Nieman Fellow and former Nieman Advisory Board member, has died at her California home after battling breast cancer.A champion for newsroom diversity, Alvear was…
April 22, 2017
Zvi Dor-Ner, longtime WGBH executive producer and NF ’77, dies at 75

Zvi Dor-Ner, longtime WGBH executive producer and NF ’77, dies at 75

Zvi Dor-Ner, a longtime WGBH executive producer and NF ’77, died April 6 at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts from pancreatic cancer. He was 75.Dor-Ner spent 30 years at WGBH,…
April 12, 2017
John Herbers, a 1961 Nieman Fellow who covered the civil rights era for The New York Times, dies at 93

John Herbers, a 1961 Nieman Fellow who covered the civil rights era for The New York Times, dies at 93

John Herbers, a 1961 Nieman Fellow and a longtime New York Times reporter who covered the civil rights era, died March 17 in Washington, D.C. He was 93.Reporting first for…
March 20, 2017

Steve Oney, NF ’82, pens “A Man’s World,” a collection of profiles from throughout his career

Steve Oney, a 1982 Nieman Fellow, is the author of a new book, “A Man’s World,” a collection of 20 profiles of such archetypal men as Harrison Ford, Robert Penn…
March 13, 2017
T.V. Parasuram, a longtime Washington correspondent for the Press Trust of India and a 1959 Nieman Fellow, dies at 93

T.V. Parasuram, a longtime Washington correspondent for the Press Trust of India and a 1959 Nieman Fellow, dies at 93

T.V. Parasuram, a longtime Washington correspondent for the Press Trust of India and a 1959 Nieman Fellow, died February 14 in Bethesda, Maryland due to an age-related illness. He was…
February 14, 2017
Simeon Booker, civil rights reporter and 1951 Nieman Fellow, nominated for Congressional Gold Medal

Simeon Booker, civil rights reporter and 1951 Nieman Fellow, nominated for Congressional Gold Medal

Ohio representatives have introduced legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Simeon Booker, a civil rights icon and 1951 Nieman Fellow, in recognition of his many achievements in the…
February 13, 2017

Luwei (Rose) Luqiu, NF ’07, Publishes Scholarly Article on China’s Cult of Personality

2007 Nieman Fellow Luwei (Rose) Luqiu, now in the second year of a PhD program in communication at Penn State, has published a scholarly article, “The Reappearance of the Cult…
January 26, 2017
Selig S. Harrison, NF '55 and leading Asian correspondent for The Washington Post, dies at 89

Selig S. Harrison, NF ’55 and leading Asian correspondent for The Washington Post, dies at 89

Selig S. Harrison, a 1955 Nieman Fellow who covered Asia for The Washington Post and later became a preeminent authority on the region, died in Camden, Maine on December 30…
January 11, 2017
“A great editor, a gentle and genial mentor”

“A great editor, a gentle and genial mentor”

Peter Binzen, a 1962 Nieman Fellow who covered Philadelphia for more than half a century, died in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania on November 16 from complications of a stroke. He was 94.Binzen…
December 16, 2016
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