Nieman Notes

Alabama writer, prize-winning journalist, and 1973 Nieman Fellow Wayne Greenhaw delivered Auburn University's Neil and Henrietta Davis Distinguished Lecture on Feb. 25, 2009.

Frank Van Riper, a 1979 Nieman Fellow, and his wife and professional partner, Judith Goodman, are “thrilled to report the publication of our latest book, ‘Serenissima: Venice in Winter.’” The…

Don Janson, who's long career in journalism included 34 years with The New York Times, died Feb. 1 at the age of 87. By the time he retired he had…

Travel through the heartlands of Sufism with the hypnotic images of Iason Athanasiadis. The exhibition runs Feb. 5 - March 10 at Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies.

James E. Colvin, a scholar and one of the oldest living fellows, died Jan. 4, 2009, at 96. He was a member of the Class of 1942.

“Forgotten Ellis Island” — a documentary film directed by Lorie Conway, a 1994 Nieman Fellow — will be broadcast nationally on PBS on Feb. 2, at 10 pm ET. Narrated…

Endy M. Bayuni, a 2004 Nieman Fellow, shares how living in Jakarta, Indonesia, may have helped shape the man who would become the 44th President of the United States.

GlobalPost.com, the news organization started by Charles Sennott, a 2006 Nieman Fellow, went live Jan. 12. The free Web site, supported by ads, went live Monday and will offer regular…

Robert Baskin, a 2002 Nieman Fellow, and her team from WJLA-TV in Washington, DC, received a 2009 duPont-Columbia Award for "Drilling for Dollars: Children’s Dentistry Investigation." In this series, Baskin…

David Heath, a 2006 Nieman Fellow, returns to Exposé and Bill Moyers Journal. Heath, and fellow Seattle Times reporter Christine Willmsen, unearth at least 155 hidden earmarks worth $3.5 billion…