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Alejandra Matus, NF ’10, Publishes Biography of Pinochet’s Widow

Alejandra Matus’s unauthorized biography of General Augusto Pinochet’s widow, Lucia Hiriart, was published in November by Ediciones B. In writing “Doña Lucia,” Matus interviewed friends, relatives, former employees, and former…
September 12, 2014

Beth Macy, NF ’10, Publishes Book on Furniture Maker

Beth Macy’s “Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local—and Helped Save an American Town” was published in July by Little, Brown. She won the 2013 J. Anthony…
September 12, 2014

Chris Vognar, NF ’09, Recognized for Film Reviews

Chris Vognar received a first-place award from the Society for Features Journalism for his film reviews in The Dallas Morning News. The judges praised Vognar for his ability to show…
September 12, 2014

Julia Reynolds, NF ’09, Publishes Book on Nuestra Familia

Julia Reynolds’s book, “Blood in the Fields: Ten Years Inside California’s Nuestra Familia Gang,” will be released in September by Chicago Review Press. Reynolds, a staff writer at The Monterey…
September 12, 2014

Jenifer McKim, NF ’08, Contributed to Murrow Award-Winning Series

Jenifer McKim, assistant managing editor at the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, collaborated with Philip W.D. Martin, NF ’98, on the Edward R. Murrow Award-winning series “Underground Trade.” McKim’s…
September 12, 2014

Gaiutra Bahadur, NF ’08, Wins Award for Book

Gaiutra Bahadur’s first book, “Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture,” received the 2014 Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Prize, awarded by the Caribbean Studies Association to the best book about…
September 12, 2014

James Scott, NF ’07, Publishes Book on Submarine Warfare

James Scott’s book “The War Below: The Story of Three American Submarines That Battled Japan” was published in May by Simon & Schuster. It chronicles the experiences of the men…
September 12, 2014

Damakant Jayshi, NF ’07, Named Exec. Director of South Asian NGO

Damakant Jayshi is the new executive director of Panos South Asia. He had previously been the Nepal representative to the regional NGO, which works with and through the media to…
September 12, 2014

Mary C. Curtis, NF ’06, Recognized for Columns

Mary C. Curtis received a first-place award in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists contest for three columns in The Washington Post. The pieces focused on gay NBA player Jason…
September 12, 2014

Amy Ellis Nutt, NF ’05, Joins The Washington Post

Amy Ellis Nutt will join The Washington Post in September as a science writer. She wrote in an e-mail, “I went to Harvard as a Nieman 10 years ago to…
September 12, 2014