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Nieman announces named fellowships for the class of 2015

The Nieman Foundation today announced all named fellowships for the Nieman class of 2015. These fellowships are supported by foundation grants and endowed funds that provide financial assistance to journalists…

“The Sense of Being Somewhere Else”

Robert L. Drew, NF ’55, an award-winning innovator in broadcast journalism whose documentaries about John F. Kennedy helped define the cinéma vérité style of filmmaking, died on Wednesday at his…
NPR’s Margot Adler, NF ’82: Building Community with Kindness

NPR’s Margot Adler, NF ’82: Building Community with Kindness

NPR reporter Margot Adler has died in New York following a long battle with cancer. A member of the Nieman Class of 1982, she was a recognizable voice on NPR’s…
Stories of a Changing American South

Stories of a Changing American South

John Seigenthaler leaves in his wake a cadre of journalists—working with him, around him and for him over the past 75 years—whom he helped shape to understand that their work…

It’s time to apply for a visiting Nieman Fellowship

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard wants to hear your idea for making journalism better. Apply for a visiting fellowship spend up to 12 weeks brainstorming with experts on…

John Seigenthaler, NF ’59, former editor of The Tennessean, dies at 86

John Seigenthaler, NF ’59, a legendary Tennessee journalist and staunch advocate for racial equality and the First Amendment, died July 11 at his home in Nashville. He was 86.

2015 Nieman-Berkman Fellows named

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society have selected two journalists as the 2014-2015 Nieman-Berkman Fellows in Journalism Innovation. The fellowship is a collaboration…

Fellows present !nstant app at Global Editors Summit in Spain

In June 2014 at the Global Editors Network Summit in Barcelona, several 2013 Nieman Fellows presented “!nstant” an innovative new app designed to help journalists and others make sense of breaking…

Journalists Louise Kiernan and Steve Almond to join Nieman’s narrative journalism program

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has hired Louise Kiernan to edit Nieman Storyboard, a website that showcases exceptional narrative journalism and explores the future of nonfiction storytelling, and Steve Almond…
2014 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

2014 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

Watch Videos of the Awards Hurricane Katrina, Civil Rights and Ben Franklin’s sister, Jane Pulitzer Prize-winner Sheri Fink, journalist Adrienne Berard,…