Mary C. Curtis, NF ’06, Recognized for Columns September 12, 2014 Share this article Mary C. Curtis received a first-place award in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists contest for three columns in The Washington Post. The pieces focused on gay NBA player Jason Collins, Trayvon Martin, and Strom Thurmond’s black daughter. Related News The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces its 88th class of fellows Awards 2025 Nieman Journalism Awards Ceremony Awards ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” wins the 2024 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism