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Nieman Foundation announces the 2018 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows

Nieman Foundation announces the 2018 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard will welcome a group of eight* journalists and media executives as Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows for the 2018 calendar year. Each will spend time at…
January 18, 2018
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario to deliver Morris Lecture at Harvard

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario to deliver Morris Lecture at Harvard

Lynsey AddarioPhotojournalist Lynsey Addario will deliver the 36th Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism on Jan. 18, 2018. The annual Morris Lecture honors an American overseas…
January 5, 2018
Russian investigative reporter Elena Milashina wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Russian investigative reporter Elena Milashina wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Elena MilashinaNieman Fellows in the class of 2018 at Harvard University have selected Elena Milashina for the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. Milashina was chosen…
December 20, 2017

Roy Reed, NF ’64, who covered civil rights for The New York Times, dies at 87

Roy Reed, a 1964 Nieman Fellow who covered the civil rights movement for The New York Times, died December 10 in Fayetteville, Arkansas after suffering a stroke. He was 87.Reed…
December 12, 2017
Simeon Booker, NF ’51, pioneering black journalist who risked his safety covering the civil rights movement, dies at 99

Simeon Booker, NF ’51, pioneering black journalist who risked his safety covering the civil rights movement, dies at 99

Simeon Booker, a 1951 Nieman Fellow and a legendary civil rights reporter who headed the Washington bureau for Jet and Ebony magazines for five decades, died in Solomons, Maryland on…
December 11, 2017
Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism established at Harvard University

Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism established at Harvard University

[sidebar style=”right”]To learn more about the Abrams Nieman Fellowship and who should apply, read a Q&A with Nieman Foundation curator Ann Marie Lipinski: “Investigative journalism is tough for local newsroom…
December 5, 2017

Gerald Grant, crusader for education reform and NF ’68, dies at 79

Gerald P. Grant, a 1968 Nieman Fellow and an education editor at The Washington Post before pursuing a career in the sociology of education, died in his Syracuse, New York…
September 25, 2017
Michael Green, former editor of South Africa's Daily News and NF '68, dies at 87

Michael Green, former editor of South Africa’s Daily News and NF ’68, dies at 87

Michael Green, a 1968 Nieman Fellow who served at the helm of South Africa’s Daily News and Sunday Tribune during the height of apartheid, died August 30 in Durban, South…
September 5, 2017

Nieman Foundation announces named fellowships for the class of 2018

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard today announced the named fellowships for the Nieman class of 2018. These fellowships are supported by foundation grants and endowed funds that provide…
August 23, 2017
Wayne Woodlief, NF ’66 and former political columnist, dies at 82

Wayne Woodlief, NF ’66 and former political columnist, dies at 82

Wayne Woodlief, NF ’66Longtime Boston Herald political columnist and 1966 Nieman Fellow Wayne Woodlief died on Aug. 12 at the age of 82.A graduate of Duke University, he began his…
August 14, 2017