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Ken Armstrong, NF ’01, Joins Marshall Project

Ken Armstrong has joined The Marshall Project, a non-profit journalism organization covering criminal justice. He joins Tim Golden, NF ‘96, who is managing editor for investigations and news. Armstrong previously…

Dennis Cruywagen, NF ’00, Publishes Book on South Africa

Dennis Cruywagen’s book “Brothers in War and Peace: Constand and Abraham Viljoen and the Birth of the New South Africa” was published by Zebra Press in August. It tells the…

Phillip W.D. Martin, NF ’98, Wins a Murrow Award

Phillip W.D. Martin, a senior investigative reporter for WGBH in Boston, received an Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association for “Underground Trade.” Produced in cooperation…

Howard Berkes, NF ’98, Wins a Murrow Award

Howard Berkes, a correspondent for NPR, received an Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association for the 2013 series, “Buried in Grain,” produced in collaboration with…

Marjorie Valbrun, NF ’97, Awarded O’Brien Fellowship

Marjorie Valbrun will be an O’Brien Fellow at Marquette University for the 2014–15 academic year. The fellowship allows journalists to pursue a public service journalism project while mentoring students. Valbrun…

Melanie Sill, NF ’94, Earns VP Title

Melanie Sill is now vice president of content at Southern California Public Radio, which operates KPCC and two other stations. A veteran newspaper editor, she has been executive editor at…

Rui Araujo, NF ’91, Receives Award for Project on Forest Fires

Rui Araujo, special assignment reporter for Portuguese television station TVI and a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, received an award in May from the National Association of…

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…