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“Pain and Profit” by The Dallas Morning News wins Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

“Pain and Profit” by The Dallas Morning News wins Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

“Pain and Profit,” a 16-month Dallas Morning News investigation into mismanaged health care in Texas by reporters J. David McSwane and Andrew Chavez is the winner of the 2018 Worth…
April 12, 2019
Robert J. “Bud” Korengold, a 1964 Nieman Fellow who served as a foreign correspondent in Europe before transitioning to a career in diplomacy, has died at 89

Robert J. “Bud” Korengold, a 1964 Nieman Fellow who served as a foreign correspondent in Europe before transitioning to a career in diplomacy, has died at 89

Robert J. “Bud” Korengold, a 1964 Nieman Fellow who served as a foreign correspondent in Europe before transitioning to a career in diplomacy, passed away on March 15 in Vernon,…
April 9, 2019
Top Mother Jones executives Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery to receive I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Top Mother Jones executives Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery to receive I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

In recognition of their enduring support of investigative reporting and independent journalists, Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery of Mother Jones magazine have been awarded the 2019 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic…
April 8, 2019
Maurice Chammah, Steven Dudley, Shane Bauer, Andrew Delbanco, and Jeffrey C. Stewart Win the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

Maurice Chammah, Steven Dudley, Shane Bauer, Andrew Delbanco, and Jeffrey C. Stewart Win the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard are pleased to announce the five winners and the two finalists of the 2019 Lukas Prize Project Awards. The…
March 20, 2019
Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief, BuzzFeed

Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief, BuzzFeed

Ben Smith became editor in chief of BuzzFeed in 2011 when the website known for its listicles and cat photos got into the business of breaking news. Smith, an early…
March 13, 2019
Avi Loeb, Harvard Astronomer on Alien Life, Thinking Big, and the Value of the Humanities

Avi Loeb, Harvard Astronomer on Alien Life, Thinking Big, and the Value of the Humanities

Avi Loeb, chairman of the Harvard astronomy department and the author of hundreds of scientific papers, has been recognized for his work but nothing compares to the media attention he…
March 13, 2019
The University of Chicago Institute of Politics and the Nieman Foundation Announce Campaign Journalism Conference in April

The University of Chicago Institute of Politics and the Nieman Foundation Announce Campaign Journalism Conference in April

CHICAGO – The University of Chicago Institute of Politics (IOP) and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard are pleased to announce the 2020 Campaign Journalism Conference for reporters covering…
February 21, 2019
Indianapolis Star reporter Marisa Kwiatkowski receives 2019 Lyons Award

Indianapolis Star reporter Marisa Kwiatkowski receives 2019 Lyons Award

Nieman Fellows in the class of 2019 at Harvard University have selected Marisa Kwiatkowski, an investigative reporter at The Indianapolis Star, for the 2019 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and…
February 7, 2019
Nieman Foundation announces the 2019 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows

Nieman Foundation announces the 2019 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard will host a group of nine reporters, editors, media entrepreneurs and academics as Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows during the 2019 calendar year. Each…
January 9, 2019

Indianapolis Star reporter Marisa Kwiatkowski wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Nieman Fellows in the class of 2019 at Harvard University have selected Marisa Kwiatkowski, an investigative reporter at The Indianapolis Star, for the 2019 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and…
December 20, 2018