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John C. Huff Jr., NF ’79, Retires

John C. Huff Jr., a 1979 Nieman Fellow, has retired from the editorship of the Independent Mail in Anderson, South Carolina, a position which he had held since 2008. During…

Johanna Neuman, NF ’82, Wins NYHS Fellowship

Johanna Neuman, a 1982 Nieman Fellow, is a New York Historical Society fellow. A Ph.D. student in history at American University, she is utilizing the society’s archives to do research for her…

Josephine Thomas, NF ’71, Recognized by Human Rights Group

Josephine Thomas’s coverage of the conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland has been recognized by a human rights group, the Irish- American Unity Conference, which established the Jo Thomas…

Richard Dudman, NF ’54, Honored by Maine Press Association

Richard Dudman, a 1954 Nieman Fellow, was inducted into the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame in October. In his 31 years with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he covered many wars…

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…

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.

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.

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…

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…

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…