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The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces its 87th class of fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces its 87th class of fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has selected 24 leading journalists from around the world for two semesters of study at Harvard University, where they will research climate change, the use…
May 10, 2024
Gustavo Gorriti: another investigator investigated, another harassment campaign in Latin America

Gustavo Gorriti: another investigator investigated, another harassment campaign in Latin America

It’s been six years since renowned Peruvian journalist Gustavo Gorriti wrote “Fake news is nothing new. What is rather exceptional is good journalism.” Those lines, penned in his column “The…
May 3, 2024
Javier Lafuente
2024 Nieman Journalism Awards Ceremony

2024 Nieman Journalism Awards Ceremony

During a ceremony at Walter Lippmann House at Harvard University on May 3, 2024, the Nieman Foundation presented three of its annual journalism awards to the 2024 winners and finalists.…
May 3, 2024
Dan Wakefield, NF ’64, prolific journalist, novelist and screenwriter, dies at 91

Dan Wakefield, NF ’64, prolific journalist, novelist and screenwriter, dies at 91

Dan Wakefield, a 1964 Nieman Fellow and multitalented writer who worked as a journalist, novelist, essayist and screenwriter, died March 13, 2024, in Miami, Florida. He was 91.During his long…
April 29, 2024
Bill Meek, NF ’67, longtime journalist and public relations expert, dies at 88

Bill Meek, NF ’67, longtime journalist and public relations expert, dies at 88

Walter W. “Bill” Meek, a journalist, public relations leader and a Nieman Fellow in the class of 1967, died on March 25, 2024, at the age of 88.A graduate of…
April 29, 2024
Henry Chu named deputy curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

Henry Chu named deputy curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

Henry Chu, an accomplished reporter and editor whose work has taken him around the globe, has been selected as the deputy curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard…
April 24, 2024
The Chicago Tribune’s “Stalled Justice” wins the 2023 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism

The Chicago Tribune’s “Stalled Justice” wins the 2023 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism

The New York Times and The Marshall Project are finalists
April 15, 2024
“Alone and Exploited” by New York Times reporter Hannah Dreier wins the 2023 Worth Bingham Prize

“Alone and Exploited” by New York Times reporter Hannah Dreier wins the 2023 Worth Bingham Prize

Reporter Hannah Dreier’s hard-hitting, meticulously researched New York Time investigation “Alone and Exploited,” is winner of the 2023 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism. In her six-part series, Dreier exposed…
April 15, 2024
Jerry Mitchell receives the 2024 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Jerry Mitchell receives the 2024 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Jerry Mitchell, director and co-founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting (MCIR), has been selected as the winner of the 2024 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence in recognition of his exemplary body…
April 12, 2024
Trailblazing South African journalist Tony Heard, NF ’88, dies at 86

Trailblazing South African journalist Tony Heard, NF ’88, dies at 86

An appreciation by Pippa Green, NF ’99, adapted from a citation presented to Tony Heard when he received the 2022 Allan Kirkland Soga Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution as a journalist…
March 29, 2024