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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
Nieman Foundation announces year two of the Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism

Nieman Foundation announces year two of the Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard is now accepting applications for the second round of Abrams Nieman Fellowships for Local Investigative Journalism. Designed to strengthen investigative reporting in underserved…
December 19, 2018
Remembering Chris Cousins, NF '07

Remembering Chris Cousins, NF ’07

Even though our 2007 Nieman fellowship year ended little more than a decade ago, two of our classmates have since died: Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, who was murdered in…
December 3, 2018
Craig Welch, James M. Scott
Journalist Alfredo Corchado delivers the 37th Morris Lecture at Harvard

Journalist Alfredo Corchado delivers the 37th Morris Lecture at Harvard

Author and journalist Alfredo Corchado delivered the 37th Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism on Nov. 14, 2018. The annual Morris Lecture is presented an American…
November 14, 2018
80th Alumni Reunion Weekend

80th Alumni Reunion Weekend

October 12-14, 2018
October 12, 2018