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Mark Pothier new Globe business editor

Mark Pothier, a 2001 Nieman Fellow, has been named business editor of The Boston Globe, after serving as deputy for the past three years.

Exploring the Gates of Harvard with Blair Kamin, NF ’13

In a new interview with Harvard Magazine, Pulitzer-Prize winning author and Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin explains what drew him to research the 25 wrought-iron gates of Harvard. His…

Emily O’Reilly, NF ’88, elected European Ombudsman

Emily O'Reilly, a Nieman fellow in the class of 1988 and a member of the Nieman Advisory Board, has been elected as European Ombudsman by the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Christine Chinlund, NF ’98, wins Yankee Quill Award

Christine Chinlund, managing editor of The Boston Globe and a 1998 Nieman Fellow, has won a 2013 Yankee Quill Award.

Remembering Kirsty Milne, NF ’04

Kirsty Milne, a 2004 Nieman Fellow and former editor of the New Statesman, has died. She joined the magazine in 1993 after it merged with her former paper, New Society.…

Nieman Foundation and Berkman Center name joint fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society have selected two journalists as the 2013-2014 Nieman-Berkman Fellows in Journalism Innovation. The fellowship is a collaboration…

Martha Bebinger, NF ’10, part of team examining veterans’ “moral injury”

WBUR reporter Martha Bebinger, NF ’10, is part of a team of journalists who are taking a close look at veterans suffering from “moral injury,” a profound feeling of guilt…

Niemans help create independent news association for Latin America

Nieman fellows Juanita León, NF’07 and director of La Silla Vacía in Colombia, and Graciela Mochkofsky, NF’09, who together with husband Gabriel Pasquini runs el puercoespín in Argentina, have joined…

Andrea McCarren wins new honors at WUSA9

Andrea McCarren, NF ’07, a reporter and fill-in news anchor for WUSA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C., has received a number of recent awards for her television news reporting.

A personal look at the perils of covering Mexico’s drug wars

In his new memoir “Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter’s Journey Through a Country’s Descent into Darkness,” Dallas Morning News Mexico bureau chief Alfredo Corchado, NF ’09, reflects on his life…