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James C. Thomson, Former Nieman Foundation Curator, Dies at 70

James C. Thomson, former Nieman Foundation curator, East-Asia historian and key figure in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, died Sunday at Newton-Wellesley Hospital of cardiac arrest after a brief illness.…
August 12, 2002

Nieman Foundation Receives $420,000 to Support Fellowships for Latin American Journalists

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has received $420,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to provide fellowships for journalists of accomplishment and promise from…
August 8, 2002

Canadian Publisher Whose Firing Sparked Outcry over Editorial Freedom Named Nieman Fellow

Russell Mills, who was fired as publisher of the Ottawa Citizen following publication of a story critical of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and an editorial calling for his resignation, has…
August 5, 2002

Nieman Foundation Announces U.S. and International Fellows for 2002-03

Twelve U.S. journalists and 13 international journalists were appointed to the 65th class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University.
May 21, 2002

Hartford Courant Wins Taylor Award For Fairness In Newspapers

An article by Les Gura of the Hartford Courant about an instructor at Yale University, who became the focus of stories that unfairly cast him as a murder suspect, is…
April 18, 2002

Nieman Fellows Honor Committee to Protect Journalists With 2002 Louis Lyons Award

The Committee to Protect Journalists has been selected by Harvard University's Nieman Fellows to receive the 2002 Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism.
April 16, 2002

Annys Shin Wins Georges Fellowship for In-depth Reporting

Annys Shin, a senior writer for the Washington City Paper, has been awarded the Christopher J. Georges Fellowship for in-depth reporting to cover the impact of the release of floods…
March 4, 2002

Crimson Staffers Win Christopher J. Georges Fellowship

 Four Harvard College sophomores will investigate the status of women at Harvard University through fellowships awarded by The Christopher J. Georges Fellowship Fund. The four women are all members of…
February 5, 2002

Journalism in a Time of Turbulence and Terror: Some Questions

Text of speech delivered by Bob Giles, Nieman Foundation curator, at the University of Nebraska College of Journalism and Mass Communication on October 19, 2001.
October 19, 2001
Bob Giles

Nieman Foundation Establishes Program on Narrative Journalism

The Nieman Foundation has established an innovative program to further the craft of narrative journalism.
August 17, 2001