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
The Nieman Foundation presented the 1995 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism to Olatunji Dare, former editorial chairman for the Guardian Group of Newspapers in Lagos, Nigeria. When the 1995 Class of Nieman Fellows selected Dare … Read more
The Nieman class of 1994 honored Abdelhamid Benzine, editor of the independent daily newspaper Alger Republicain in Algeria, with the Lyons Award. Mr. Benzine has been fighting for a free press in his country. Pressure from the military government and … Read more
In 1993, the journalists of Oslobodjenje (Liberation), a daily newspaper from Sarajevo, received the award. They kept their newspaper alive and on the streets in spite of Serbian attacks that destroyed their buildings, killed colleagues and cut off paper supplies. Read more
Jean Mario Paul, a correspondent with Radio Antilles Internationale in Haiti, is the 1992 recipient of the Louis M. Lyons Award for conscience and integrity in journalism, the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University announced July 2, 1992. The 25-member Nieman … Read more
Max du Preez of South Africa and Gitobu Imanyara of Kenya have won the 1991 Louis M. Lyons Award for conscience and integrity in journalism, the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University announced July 1, 1991. The 22-member Nieman Fellow Class … Read more
Journalists in Colombia under attack for covering the drug wars have won the 1990 Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism, the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University announced May 25, 1990. This year’s award, which honors Colombian reporters … Read more
