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Race and reporting: Examining diversity in news coverage

Race and reporting: Examining diversity in news coverage

In the new Nieman Reports cover package, reporters and editors discuss strategies for creating more inclusive newsrooms and how and why racially diverse staffs can improve coverage.
June 11, 2015

Mary C. Curtis, NF ’06, wins Green Eyeshade Awards

Mary C. Curtis, NF ’06, has won two Green Eyeshade Awards from the Society for Professional Journalists (online category) for columns and stories written for The Washington Post: first place…
May 31, 2015

Gilbert M. Gaul, NF ’83, authors book on the big-money culture of college football

Gilbert M. Gaul, a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, has written “Billion-Dollar Ball,” which examines the big-money culture of college football. The new book will be published by Viking…
May 31, 2015

Bryan Monroe, NF ’03, joins Temple University’s j-school faculty

Bryan Monroe, NF ’03, has been appointed the Verizon Chair professor at Temple University’s School of Media and Communication. Monroe previously served as vice president and editorial director at Ebony…
May 19, 2015
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Geneva Overholser, NF ’86, named Democracy Fund Fellow

Geneva Overholser, NF ’86, has been named a senior fellow at the Democracy Fund. Previously, Overholser was editor of The Des Moines Register, which she led to win…
May 19, 2015

Tom Witosky, NF ’92, co-authors book on marriage equality

Tom Witosky, NF ’92, has co-authored a new book with Marc Hansen, “Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality.” The book, published by University of Iowa…
May 19, 2015

Work of photojournalist Eli Reed, NF ’83, showcased in new book

Photojournalist Eli Reed’s work is featured in “Eli Reed: A Long Walk Home,” published by University of Texas Press in May. The book includes more than 250 images from the…
May 19, 2015

Anita Harris, NF ’82, pens memoir about college years

Anita Harris’s memoir, “Ithaca Diaries: Coming of Age in the 1960s,” was has been published by Cambridge Common Press. Based on the Cornell University graduate’s diaries, letters and first-hand accounts,…
May 19, 2015

Sandy Tolan writes book on healing power of music

Sandy Tolan, NF ’93, has written a new book, “Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land.” Released by Bloomsbury in April, the nonfiction book follows…
May 19, 2015

Brent Walth, NF ’06, joins University of Oregon as journalism professor

Brent Walth has left his post as managing editor of the Willamette Week to become a journalism professor at his alma mater, the University of Oregon. Walth, NF ’06, began…
May 19, 2015