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Karim Ben Khelifa, a 2013 Nieman Fellow, will take part in the Sundance Institute’s New Frontier Story Lab, a week of development workshops, in late October. The institute selected Khelifa for his…

“Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local—and Helped Save an American Town,” a book by Beth Macy, a 2010 Nieman Fellow, will be adapted for the small screen…

Rick Bragg, a 1993 Nieman Fellow, has written a biography of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Lee Lewis, titled “Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story,” that will be…

Fannie Flono, a 1999 Nieman Fellow, has retired from The Charlotte Observer after a distinguished 30-year career at the paper. Her time there included positions in both the news and…

George Rodrigue, a 1990 Nieman Fellow, has swapped the managing editor spot at the Dallas Morning News for the assistant news director’s chair at WFAA. Prior to becoming the newspaper’s managing…

2012 Nieman Fellow Anna Griffin was recently promoted to managing producer for storytelling at The Oregonian. She will oversee writing and craft in the Portland paper’s newsroom, having previously worked…

Three Nieman Fellows–Craig Welch ’07, Ken Armstrong ’01, and Christopher Cousins ’07–have received recognition from the Online News Association (ONA). In the breaking news category, the ONA selected The Seattle…

Callie Crossley, a WGBH host and 1983 Nieman Fellow, won a Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications, a regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television…

On the eve of South African journalist Nat Nakasa’s reburial, Joe Thloloe, a 1989 Nieman Fellow, gave the inaugural Nakasa commemorative lecture. “Nat’s life and struggle have been vindicated,” Thloloe…

Masha Alyokhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova, two founding members of Pussy Riot, a Russian punk rock collective known for its political dissent, spent almost two years in prison for “hooliganism” in connection…