Acel Moore, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a champion of newsroom diversity, and a 1980 Nieman Fellow, died at his home on February 12 at the age of 75. Over a career spanning 43 years, the Philadelphia native rose from the … Read more
In his upcoming book “The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts” journalist and author Joshua Hammer, NF ’05, tells the story of a herculean attempt to protect endangered texts from destruction … Read more
Becoming Nicole Amy Ellis Nutt, NF ’05 , has published a new book: “Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family.” The book tells the story of a transgender girl, her identical … Read more
Bolivian journalist and author Raúl Peñaranda, NF ’08, has received the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding reporting on the Americas from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Cited for his fight against the abuse of power and media … Read more
Ludovic Blecher, NF ’13, is now manager of Google’s Digital News Initiative Innovation Fund in France. The bold new €150 million ($166 million) initiative is open to anyone involved in Europe’s digital news industry and will support online journalism … Read more
Elaine Díaz Rodríguez, Nieman’s first Cuban Fellow and a member of the class of 2015, has launched Periodismo de Barrio a new website that focuses on the impact of natural disasters on local communities. She worked on developing plans for … Read more
Investigative journalist and digital media strategist Miguel Paz, a 2015 Nieman-Berkman Fellow, has joined the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York as a distinguished lecturer specializing in data journalism and multimedia storytelling. A native of Chile, Paz … Read more
Celeste LeCompte, NF ’15, has been appointed director of business development at ProPublica. In this newly created position, she will work to enhance the organization’s effectiveness and sustainability, lead efforts to generate new earned revenues, forge new business partnerships and … Read more
Ines Pohl has joined Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle as a foreign correspondent in Washington, D.C., and will begin her new job in November. A 2005 Nieman Fellow, she has served as chief editor of the Berlin-based German daily Die Tageszeitung, … Read more
Danny Schechter, a television producer, media critic, anti-apartheid activist and 1978 Nieman Fellow, completed his final book, “Surveillance A to Z,” before he died in March 2015. Seven Stories Press will publish the book in January 2016. Read more
