News Nazila Fathi, NF ’11, Authors Book Nazila Fathi’s “The Lonely War: One Woman’s Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran” was published by Basic Books in December. Fathi was 9 years old in 1979 when a revolution… February 17, 2015 Jonathan Blakley, NF ’12, Joins MPR Jonathan Blakley, a 2012 Nieman Fellow, has joined Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). Blakley, formerly of NPR, oversees MPR’s news coverage as its program director. February 17, 2015 Samuel Loewenberg, NF ’12, Receives Safra Center Fellowship Samuel Loewenberg, whose work focuses on global health, has been named a fellow with the Investigative Journalism Project at Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics. February 17, 2015 Dina Kraft, NF ’12, Named Dart Center Fellow Dina Kraft, a 2012 Nieman Fellow, received an Ochberg Fellowship at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University. She is the associate program coordinator of the Media… February 17, 2015 Book by David Jiménez, NF ’15, Translated into English David Jiménez’s “Children of the Monsoon,” translated from the Spanish by Andrea Rosenberg, has been published by Autumn Hill Books. This collection of his literary journalism draws on his years of… February 17, 2015 Documentary by Alison MacAdam, NF’ 14, Wins Award Alison MacAdam, a 2014 Nieman Fellow, was one of three editors of “Teenage Diaries Revisited: Melissa’s Story,” which received a best documentary award in the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. “Melissa’s… February 12, 2015 William Woestendiek, NF ’55, Dies William Woestendiek, a 1955 Nieman Fellow, died on January 16 at a Mesa, Arizona nursing facility. His death came after a long illness. He was 90 years old.He got his start in… February 12, 2015 Zhao Jinglun, NF ’81, Dies Zhao Jinglun, a 1981 Nieman Fellow, died on January 24, 2015. He was 90.Jinglun, the first Nieman Fellow from mainland China, was a columnist for the Hong Kong Economic Journal and The China… February 12, 2015 2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence Filmmaker Laura Poitras was the recipient of the 2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence, awarded each year by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Amy Goodman, host and executive… February 5, 2015 George Rodrigue, NF ’90, Named Editor of Cleveland Plain Dealer George Rodrigue, a 1990 Nieman Fellow, is the new editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio.Rodrigue previously served as the assistant news director at Dallas’s WFAA and as managing… January 31, 2015 Previous 1 … 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 … 104 Next
