Nieman Notes

Veteran journalist Joe Thloloe, Class of 1989, has been appointed the new Press Ombudsman for South Africa. "The key issue for me is that it's designed to uphold the highest…

Simeon Booker, Class of 1951, was the man from Ebony and Jet magazines, which meant, in a symbolic manner, beginning in the 1950s, he was the man from Negro and…

North Carolina-born Doug Marlette, who won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1988 and was a member of the Class of 1981, died Tuesday morning in a single-car accident…

Simon Wilson, editor of BBC's Middle East Bureau and member of the Class of 2008, writes in his blog how he "felt an enormous responsibility" when Alan Johnston was abducted…

Ed Chen, Class of 1985, has been elected president of the White House Correspondents' Association for the 2009-2010 term. The WHCA represents the White House press corps in its dealings…

Dana R. Bullen II, 75, a reporter and editor at the old Washington Star who spent 15 years as executive director of the World Press Freedom Committee, an organization advocating…

Class of 1993 Fellow Goenawan Mohamad, a prominent Indonesian journalist, and noted poet and writer has been honored with the Chevalier dans L'ordre des Arts et des Lettres award.

South Korean radio and television anchor Kwang Chool Lee, a 2000 Nieman Fellow, has been appointed director of RFA’s Korean-language service, which broadcasts four hours daily to North Korea.

Incoming Nieman Fellow, Dean Miller, executive editor of The Post Register in Idaho Falls, Idaho, has won a Mirror Award for his article in Nieman Reports, "A Local Newspaper Endures…

After 24 years as editor of the Cape May County (N.J.) Herald, Joe Zelnik, Class of 1970, has stepped down.