After 15 years of service, Alex Jones will step down from his position as director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy on July 1. In an open letter announcing his departure, … Read more
Kirstin Downey, a 2001 Nieman Fellow, has written a biography of Queen Isabella of Castile, an influential and controversial monarch known for presiding over the Inquisition and supporting Christopher Columbus’s trip to the New World. The biography, titled “Isabella: The … Read more
Craig Welch, NF ’07, and Michael Kirk, NF ’80, have received Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University awards. The duPont awards, announced in December, recognize excellence in broadcast, documentary, and digital journalism, with a special emphasis on serving the public. Welch was … Read more
Just one week after mass resignations were submitted at The New Republic, Tom Sancton Jr., the son of 1942 Nieman Fellow Thomas Sancton Jr., writes about his father’s legacy as a civil rights crusader at the publication. Despite recent criticism of the magazine for its lack of diversity, Sancton Jr. notes that his father, who served as managing editor from 1942-1945, published dozens of articles on race “demanding immediate and full racial equality.” Read more
Vladimir A. Voina, a 1990 Nieman Fellow and Russian journalist who wrote for a number of U.S. and Russian publications, died from cancer complications on October 16 in Boston. He was 83. Read more
Jane Spencer is now editor in chief for digital content at Fusion. Spencer, a former correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, was a founding editor of The Daily Beast. Read more
Robert Timberg is the author of “Blue-Eyed Boy: A Memoir,” published by Penguin Press in July. In 1967, Timberg was days away from ending his tour of duty in Vietnam when his vehicle struck a Vietcong land mine. His memoir looks at his struggle to survive, and how the war divided the nation. Read more
H.D.S. Greenway’s memoir “Foreign Correspondent” was published in August by Simon & Schuster. Greenway covered some of the most dramatic developments of the latter half of the 20th century—in Vietnam, Cambodia, the Balkans, and the Middle East. Read more
John A. Hamilton, host and creator of the public television series “Watch on Washington,” died June 7 at a hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. He was 84. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease. Read more
