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Susan Southard, Nikolaus Wachsmann and Steve Luxenberg Named Winners of the 2016 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

Susan Southard, Nikolaus Wachsmann and Steve Luxenberg Named Winners of the 2016 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University are pleased to announce the three winners and the three finalists of the 2016 Lukas Prize Project Awards.The…
March 30, 2016
“Failure Factories” by Tampa Bay Times wins 2015 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

“Failure Factories” by Tampa Bay Times wins 2015 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism

For disclosing in careful detail and through fresh, original storytelling how district leaders in Florida’s Pinellas County transformed five elementary schools into some of the worst in the state through…
March 25, 2016
Yang Jisheng honored at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation

Yang Jisheng honored at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation

In recognition of his ambitious and fearless reporting, Nieman Fellows in the class of 2016 at Harvard University selected Chinese journalist and author Yang Jisheng for the Louis M. Lyons Award…
March 11, 2016
Announcing the 2016 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards Shortlist

Announcing the 2016 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards Shortlist

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University are pleased to announce the 2016 shortlist for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards — the J.…
February 22, 2016
Acel Moore, NF '80, champion of newsroom diversity, dies at 75

Acel Moore, NF ’80, champion of newsroom diversity, dies at 75

Acel Moore, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a champion of newsroom diversity, and a 1980 Nieman Fellow, died at his home on February 12 at the age of 75.Over a career…
February 16, 2016
Remembering Acel Moore, Newsman and Mentor

Remembering Acel Moore, Newsman and Mentor

William Marimow, a 1983 Nieman Fellow, remembers his Philadelphia Inquirer colleague Acel Moore, a 1980 Nieman Fellow, who died on February 12 at age 75. Moore was a co-founder of…
February 16, 2016
William Marimow
Narrative guide "Telling True Stories" now available in Chinese

Narrative guide “Telling True Stories” now available in Chinese

The popular narrative writers’ guide Telling True Stories has been translated into Chinese to serve the growing number of Chinese journalists practicing longform narrative storytelling. Announcing the news, Nieman curator Ann Marie Lipinski…
January 20, 2016

Nieman Foundation announces 2016 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected eight journalists and media executives as Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows for the 2016 calendar year. Each will spend time at Harvard…
January 13, 2016
Chinese author Yang Jisheng wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

Chinese author Yang Jisheng wins Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In recognition of his ambitious and fearless reporting, Nieman Fellows in the class of 2016 at Harvard University have selected Chinese journalist and author Yang Jisheng for…
December 7, 2015

Google Hangout: Nieman Fellowships

Learn about Nieman Fellowships from current and former Nieman Fellows as they discuss the program and application progress in this recorded Google Hangout hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists’ Digital Journalism…
November 23, 2015