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Norman Robinson, NF ’89, Retires

Norman Robinson retired in June from New Orleans television station WDSU, where he had been anchor of the evening news broadcast for more than two decades. Robinson started in journalism…

Mike Pride, NF ’85, Appointed Pulitzer Prizes Administrator

Mike Pride, former editor of the Concord (N.H.) Monitor, has been named administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes. Pride joined the Pulitzer Board in 1999 and served as its co-chair in…

Nieman Foundation launches new logo and new websites

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard today unveils a new logo and a redesigned, responsive website that integrates information about Nieman Fellowships with content produced by our three journalistic…

Robert Timberg, NF ’80, publishes Vietnam memoir

Robert Timberg is the author of “Blue-Eyed Boy: A Memoir,” published by Penguin Press in July. In 1967, Timberg was days away from ending his tour of duty in Vietnam…

H.D.S. Greenway, NF ’72, publishes memoir

H.D.S. Greenway’s memoir “Foreign Correspondent” was published in August by Simon & Schuster. Greenway covered some of the most dramatic developments of the latter half of the 20th century—in Vietnam,…

Host and creator of the public television series “Watch on Washington” dies at 84

John A. Hamilton, host and creator of the public television series “Watch on Washington,” died June 7 at a hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. He was 84. The cause was complications…

Peter H. Binzen, NF ’62, publishes biography of former Philadelphia mayor

Peter H. Binzen is author of “Richardson Dilworth: Last of the Bare-Knuckled Aristocrats,” published in June by Camino Books.
Kim Yong-koo, managing editor of the Korea Times and a 1963 Nieman Fellow, dies at 90

Kim Yong-koo, managing editor of the Korea Times and a 1963 Nieman Fellow, dies at 90

Kim Yong-koo, a 1963 Nieman Fellow—the first from South Korea—and former managing editor of The Korea Times and, died August 19 in Seoul. He was 90.Kim Yong-kooAfter working as an…

William McIlwain Jr., NF ’58, editor, novelist, dies at 88

William F. McIlwain Jr., NF ’58, a longtime newspaper editor and novelist has died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at the age of 88.
Giannina Segnini, NF ’02, wins Cabot Prize

Giannina Segnini, NF ’02, wins Cabot Prize

Giannina Segnini, a leading investigative journalist and a 2002 Nieman Fellow, has been selected as one of the 2014 winners of the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes by Columbia University's Graduate…