Nathan Heller, a Harvard College freshman, will investigate the effects of post-Sept. 11 legislation on Harvard University through a fellowship awarded by The Christopher J. Georges Fellowship Fund. Read more
The Boston Globe Spotlight Team's coverage of the sexual-abuse scandal in the Catholic Church and the team's outstanding effort to examine charges and accusations from all sides and sources is the winner of the second annual Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers. Read more
An article by Les Gura of the Hartford Courant about an instructor at Yale University, who became the focus of stories that unfairly cast him as a murder suspect, is the inaugural winner of the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers. The award, endowed by the former publisher of The Boston Globe and the Taylor family, carries a $10,000 prize. Read more
The Committee to Protect Journalists has been selected by Harvard University's Nieman Fellows to receive the 2002 Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. Read more
Annys Shin, a senior writer for the Washington City Paper, has been awarded the Christopher J. Georges Fellowship for in-depth reporting to cover the impact of the release of floods of prisoners just now finishing their mandatory sentences. Read more
Four Harvard College sophomores will investigate the status of women at Harvard University through fellowships awarded by The Christopher J. Georges Fellowship Fund. The four women are all members of The Harvard Crimson staff. Read more
In an effort to encourage fairness in newspaper journalism and honor an exemplary example of fairness in news coverage, the former managers of The Boston Globe announced Monday the establishment of the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers. Read more
Roger Cohen, Berlin Correspondent for the New York Times, will deliver the annual Joe Alex Morris Jr. memorial lecture at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University on Wednesday, March 7. Read more
Goenawan Mohamad, founder and editor of Tempo magazine in Jakarta, Indonesia, was selected by the Nieman Fellows to receive the 1997 Louis Lyons award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. The 1997 Class of Nieman Fellows cited Mohamad for his … Read more
Raymond T. Bonner of The New York Times was awarded the 1996 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. In naming Bonner, who is a correspondent based in Warsaw, the Nieman Fellows broke with the practice of … Read more