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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
Richard Dudman, longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter and a 1954 Nieman Fellow, dies at 99

Richard Dudman, longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter and a 1954 Nieman Fellow, dies at 99

Richard Dudman, a 1954 Nieman Fellow and longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter who, while on assignment in Cambodia, was ambushed by Viet Cong fighters and held in captivity for more…
August 7, 2017

Remembering Cornelia Bowling Carrier, pioneering environmental reporter and 1976 Nieman Fellow

Cornelia Bowling Carrier, one of the first environmental reporters in the South and a 1976 Nieman Fellow, died April 8 at the age of 78. Her Nieman classmate Peter Behr…
June 9, 2017
Presentation of the 50th annual Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

Presentation of the 50th annual Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

The Nieman Foundation presented the 2016 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism on May 4, 2017. The award went to the Chicago Tribune and reporters Michael J. Berens and Patricia Callahan for their…
May 3, 2017
Nieman Foundation announces the 80th class of Nieman Fellows

Nieman Foundation announces the 80th class of Nieman Fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism, a leading global voice in journalism education and innovation, has selected 24 journalists as members of the Nieman class of 2018. The group includes reporters,…
May 2, 2017
Diplomatic Relations

Diplomatic Relations

Zvi Dor-Ner, a 1977 Nieman Fellow and a longtime WGBH executive producer, died in Brookline, Massachusetts from pancreatic cancer on April 6. He was 75.Dor-Ner spent three decades at WGBH,…
May 1, 2017
Jose A. Martinez-Soler

Remembering Cecilia Alvear: “You have to give back”

Cecilia Alvear, NF ’89, who worked for NBC for 25 years and was a former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, died April 21 in Santa Monica, California…
May 1, 2017
Anita Snow
“Pure Cecilia: See a need, address it. Enlist others. Expand the sphere.”

“Pure Cecilia: See a need, address it. Enlist others. Expand the sphere.”

Cecilia Alvear, NF ’89, who worked for NBC for 25 years and was a former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, died April 21 in Santa Monica, California…
April 27, 2017
Presentation of the 2016 Taylor Family Award and 2017 I.F. Stone Medal

Presentation of the 2016 Taylor Family Award and 2017 I.F. Stone Medal

The Nieman Foundation presented the 2016 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism and the 2017 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence on April 26, 2017. The Oregonian/OregonLive won the…
April 26, 2017
Cecilia Alvear, diversity advocate and NF '89, has died

Cecilia Alvear, diversity advocate and NF ’89, has died

Cecilia AlvearCecilia Alvear, a longtime NBC News journalist, 1989 Nieman Fellow and former Nieman Advisory Board member, has died at her California home after battling breast cancer.A champion for newsroom diversity, Alvear was…
April 22, 2017