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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.
July 11, 2014

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…
June 30, 2014

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…
June 13, 2014

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…
May 29, 2014
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…
May 13, 2014
Remembering William Worthy

Remembering William Worthy

William Worthy, who fought with the government over reporting trips to China, Cuba and Iran, died at a nursing home in Massachusetts on May 4. He was 92. It was…
May 7, 2014

Nieman Foundation announces the 77th class of Nieman Fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has selected 24 journalists as members of the 77th class of Nieman Fellows. The group includes journalists who work around the globe as reporters, editors,…
April 30, 2014

Harvard notables elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers, has announced the election of 204 new members, including Nieman curator…
April 23, 2014
Latin America’s Media Innovators

Latin America’s Media Innovators

By Jessie Schanzle and Aleszu Bajak In April, the Nieman Foundation and Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies hosted a discussion about the future of Latin American media…
April 17, 2014

IWMF announces photojournalism award to honor Anja Niedringhaus, NF ’07

The International Women’s Media Foundation has announced the creation of the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award honoring the courage and dedication of the Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer and 2007…
April 16, 2014