Jenifer McKim, assistant managing editor at the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, collaborated with Philip W.D. Martin, NF ’98, on the Edward R. Murrow Award-winning series “Underground Trade.” McKim’s work focused on the demand side of human trafficking in … Read more
Gaiutra Bahadur’s first book, “Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture,” received the 2014 Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Prize, awarded by the Caribbean Studies Association to the best book about the Caribbean published in the previous three years. Read more
James Scott’s book “The War Below: The Story of Three American Submarines That Battled Japan” was published in May by Simon & Schuster. It chronicles the experiences of the men on the submarines tasked with devastating the Japanese merchant fleet … Read more
Damakant Jayshi is the new executive director of Panos South Asia. He had previously been the Nepal representative to the regional NGO, which works with and through the media to foster better coverage of important issues. Read more
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. Read more
Amy Ellis Nutt will join The Washington Post in September as a science writer. She wrote in an e-mail, “I went to Harvard as a Nieman 10 years ago to explore the possibility of one day doing a ‘brain beat’ … Read more
Louise Kiernan is now the editor of Nieman Storyboard, which showcases exceptional narrative and explores the future of nonfiction storytelling. Kiernan, who was part of the Chicago Tribune team that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, is … Read more
Carol Bradley’s “Last Chain on Billy: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top” was published by St. Martin’s Press in July. Kirkus Reviews called it a “moving and informative account of the plight of trained elephants in the U.S. Read more
Giannina Segnini received a Maria Moors Cabot Prize, which recognizes journalists for their contribution to inter-American understanding. She was editor of the investigative unit at La Nación in Costa Rica until February, and is now the James Madison Visiting Assistant … Read more
Ken Armstrong has joined The Marshall Project, a non-profit journalism organization covering criminal justice. He joins Tim Golden, NF ‘96, who is managing editor for investigations and news. Armstrong previously spent 11 years as an investigative reporter for The Seattle … Read more
