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Puerto Rico’s Centro de Periodismo Investigativo receives 2020 Louis M. Lyons Award

Puerto Rico’s Centro de Periodismo Investigativo receives 2020 Louis M. Lyons Award

Nieman Fellows in the class of 2020 at Harvard University presented the 2020 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism to Puerto Rico’s Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI) on January 27.…
January 27, 2020
Nieman Foundation announces the 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows

Nieman Foundation announces the 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected a group of eight media innovators as the 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows. The group includes a features writer, an editor/producer,…
January 16, 2020
Under the influence of architecture critic Whitney Gould, NF ’74

Under the influence of architecture critic Whitney Gould, NF ’74

When I arrived at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in the summer of 2000, Whitney Gould and I were part of a team that covered the biggest cultural story in our…
December 19, 2019
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Puerto Rico’s Centro de Periodismo Investigativo wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Puerto Rico’s Centro de Periodismo Investigativo wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Nieman Fellows in the class of 2020 at Harvard University have selected Puerto Rico’s Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI, the Center for Investigative Journalism) for the 2020 Louis M. Lyons…
December 19, 2019
Whitney Gould, influential architecture critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and a 1974 Nieman Fellow, dies at 76

Whitney Gould, influential architecture critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and a 1974 Nieman Fellow, dies at 76

Whitney Gould, a longtime architecture critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and a 1974 Nieman Fellow, died at her home in Milwaukee in early December. She was 76.1974 Nieman Fellow…
December 16, 2019
Covering Climate Change: A Workshop for Journalists

Covering Climate Change: A Workshop for Journalists

On November 14–16, 2019, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard hosted “Covering Climate Change,” an intensive training workshop for journalists on covering climate change and related issues. Our goal…
November 14, 2019
Ray Jenkins, a 1965 Nieman Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who worked for President Jimmy Carter, dies at 89

Ray Jenkins, a 1965 Nieman Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who worked for President Jimmy Carter, dies at 89

Ray Jenkins, a 1965 Nieman Fellow and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who served as a special assistant for press affairs under President Jimmy Carter, died from congestive heart failure on…
October 30, 2019
Kathryn Johnson, trailblazing civil rights reporter for the AP and a 1977 Nieman Fellow, dies at 93

Kathryn Johnson, trailblazing civil rights reporter for the AP and a 1977 Nieman Fellow, dies at 93

Kathryn Johnson, a trailblazing civil rights reporter for The Associated Press and a 1977 Nieman Fellow, died in Atlanta on October 23. She was 93.Associated Press Kathryn Johnson in 1964Johnson…
October 24, 2019

Nieman Foundation announces named fellowships for the class of 2020

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has announced the named fellowships for the Nieman class of 2020. These fellowships are supported by foundation grants and endowed funds that provide…
August 15, 2019
Mitchel R. Levitas, editor and reporter at New York Times for almost 40 years and a 1959 Nieman Fellow, dies at 89

Mitchel R. Levitas, editor and reporter at New York Times for almost 40 years and a 1959 Nieman Fellow, dies at 89

Mitchel R. Levitas, a longtime leading editor for The New York Times and a 1959 Nieman Fellow, died June 22 in New Marlborough, Massachusetts from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease…
June 25, 2019