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Callie Crossley, NF ’83, Recognized for Radio Documentary

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…
September 26, 2014

Joe Thloloe, NF ’89, Delivers First Nat Nakasa (NF ’65) Memorial Lecture

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…
September 26, 2014
5 Questions for Pussy Riot

5 Questions for Pussy Riot

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…
September 19, 2014

Jane Spencer, NF ’13, Named Fusion’s EIC for Digital Content

Jane Spencer is now editor in chief for digital content at Fusion. Spencer, a former correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, was a founding editor of The Daily Beast.
September 12, 2014

Brett Anderson, NF ’13, Recognized for Restaurant Reviews

Brett Anderson received a first-place award from the Society for Features Journalism for his restaurant reviews in The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune.
September 12, 2014

Laura Amico, NF ’13, Joins Boston Globe

Laura Amico has been named news editor for multimedia and data projects at The Boston Globe. Amico, who founded Homicide Watch D.C., had been editor of Boston public radio station…
September 12, 2014

Raquel Rutledge, NF ’12, Wins O’Brien Fellowship

Raquel Rutledge, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, will be an O’Brien Fellow at Marquette University for the 2014–15 academic year.
September 12, 2014

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