Thrity Umrigar’s newest novel is “The Story Hour,” published by Harper in August. It revolves around the friendship between an American psychologist and an Indian immigrant. Read more
Jonathan Yardley, a book critic for The Washington Post for 33 years, retired in December. After writing 3,000 reviews, he’s ready to read purely for pleasure. He is a 1969 Nieman Fellow and the author of two biographies and a … Read more
John C. Huff Jr., a 1979 Nieman Fellow, has retired from the editorship of the Independent Mail in Anderson, South Carolina, a position which he had held since 2008. During Huff ’s tenure, the newspaper received more than 100 … Read more
Johanna Neuman, a 1982 Nieman Fellow, is a New York Historical Society fellow. A Ph.D. student in history at American University, she is utilizing the society’s archives to do research for her dissertation exploring how New York socialites impacted the women’s suffrage … Read more
Josephine Thomas’s coverage of the conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland has been recognized by a human rights group, the Irish- American Unity Conference, which established the Jo Thomas Award for Journalism. She is a 1971 Nieman Fellow. Read more
Richard Dudman, a 1954 Nieman Fellow, was inducted into the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame in October. In his 31 years with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he covered many wars and revolutions around the world. Read more
Nazila Fathi’s “The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran” was published by Basic Books in December. Fathi was 9 years old in 1979 when a revolution in Iran swept the shah from power. Read more
Jonathan Blakley, a 2012 Nieman Fellow, has joined Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). Blakley, formerly of NPR, oversees MPR’s news coverage as its program director. Read more
Samuel Loewenberg, whose work focuses on global health, has been named a fellow with the Investigative Journalism Project at Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics. Read more
Dina Kraft, a 2012 Nieman Fellow, received an Ochberg Fellowship at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University. She is the associate program coordinator of the Media Innovation track at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism. Read more
