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Deposed Editor of Zimbabwe’s Lone Independent Newspaper Named Nieman Fellow

Geoff Nyarota, a journalist forced to flee Zimbabwe after he was removed as the editor of the nation's only independent newspaper, has been appointed a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.

Mark Chavunduka, Zimbabwe Journalist and 2000 Nieman Fellow, Dies Following Long Illness

Mark Chavunduka, a reporter and editor whose struggle for editorial independence became a rallying point for journalists in Zimbabwe and sub-Saharan Africa, died on Nov. 11, 2002.

The Learning Curve: Are News Organizations Failing Their Best and Brightest?

Transcript of The Reed Sarratt Lecture, School of Journalism, University of North Carolina, November 11, 2002, by Bob Giles.

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.…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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.

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…