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John Herbers, a 1961 Nieman Fellow and a longtime New York Times reporter who covered the civil rights era, died March 17 in Washington, D.C. He was 93.Reporting first for…

March 16-18, 2017, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard hosted an intensive training workshop for journalists on covering housing and related issues. Our goal was to bring together a diverse…

Steve Oney, a 1982 Nieman Fellow, is the author of a new book, “A Man’s World,” a collection of 20 profiles of such archetypal men as Harrison Ford, Robert Penn…

The Nieman Foundation kicked off the MisinfoCon conference on Feb. 24, 2017, with a series of lightning talks exploring the psychology of misinformation and strategies to strengthen the trustworthiness of information across…

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard are pleased to announce the 2017 Shortlist for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards - the J. Anthony…

In recognition of his commitment to excellence in journalism as well as his work as a newsroom leader and role model for young journalists, Nieman Fellows in the class of…

T.V. Parasuram, a longtime Washington correspondent for the Press Trust of India and a 1959 Nieman Fellow, died February 14 in Bethesda, Maryland due to an age-related illness. He was…

Ohio representatives have introduced legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Simeon Booker, a civil rights icon and 1951 Nieman Fellow, in recognition of his many achievements in the…

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected a group of 11 journalists and media executives as Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows for the 2017 calendar year. Each will spend…

“The Future of News: Journalism in a Post-Truth Era,” a wide-ranging discussion about the relationship between the press and politics in the Trump administration, took place at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre on Jan. 31,…