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The Nieman Foundation hosts dozens of events at Lippmann House each year, featuring leading researchers, scientists, artists, writers, historians, economists and others who explore the world of ideas with Nieman Fellows and Foundation guests. Journalists and media experts also discuss the latest challenges and opportunities in journalism.

October 24, 2013

Covering Immigration: The Story behind the Politics, Economics and U.S. Law

With generous support from the MacArthur Foundation, the Nieman Foundation organized a workshop in late October for reporters, editors and new media voices who cover immigration. Read more

October 18, 2013

Mircea Cӑrtӑrescu, Romanian novelist and poet

Novelist and poet Mircea Cărtărescu came of age in Romania during the Communist regime of the 1970s, but even under democratic rule he has found his voice silenced by those in power. Read more

October 9, 2013

Erik Martin, Reddit

Erik Martin, the general manager of online community platform Reddit.com, spoke at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard on October 9, 2013. Read more

September 28, 2013

Jane Mayer accepts the 2013 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Before joining The New Yorker in 1995, Jane Mayer spent 12 years as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where she was the paper’s first female White House correspondent. At The New Yorker, she covers politics and the war on terror. Read more

Anniversaries

September 27, 2013

Nieman Foundation’s 75th Anniversary Celebration

Thanks to all who attended our 75th anniversary weekend and made it such a tremendous success. Watch videos of Saturday sessions including LBJ biographer Robert Caro, NF '66, discussing his life's work with The Washington Post's Anne Hull, NF '95; The 90-Minute Nieman, a lightning-round in which seven leading thinkers from Harvard and MIT present provocative ideas; and more. Read more

Awards

May 9, 2013

2012 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

New York Times reporter Sam Dolnick has won the 2012 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism for his three-part series Unlocked: Inside New Jersey’s Halfway Houses. Read more

Conferences

May 3, 2013

How Latinos are Seen and Heard in America

During a special event at the Nieman Foundation, three leading journalists discussed how changing demographics and the new media environment are shaping the nation's understanding of migration, politics and Latino life. Read more

Conferences

May 1, 2013

Journalism and the Boston Marathon Bombings

The Boston Marathon bombings may well have been America's first fully interactive national tragedy. During a roundtable conversation on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, invited guests and audience members discussed what we can learn from the coverage of the Marathon bombings. Read more

Talks

April 25, 2013

Clark Gilbert, CEO Deseret Digital Media

Clark Gilbert is president and CEO of the Deseret News Publishing Company and Deseret Digital Media. But before he took over the Salt Lake City-based newspaper and television company, he was professor of entrepreneurial management at the Harvard Business School, where he worked with disruptive innovation pioneer Clayton M. Christensen. Read more

Conferences

April 12, 2013

2013 Christopher J. Georges Conference on College Journalism

This year's Christopher J. Georges Conference on College Journalism was held at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard on April 12-13, 2013. Read more

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