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2023 Nieman Journalism Awards Ceremony

2023 Nieman Journalism Awards Ceremony

During a ceremony at Walter Lippmann House at Harvard University on May 5, 2023, the Nieman Foundation presented three of its annual journalism awards to the 2023 winners and finalists.…
June 5, 2023
Hodding Carter III, NF ’66, civil rights champion and State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88

Hodding Carter III, NF ’66, civil rights champion and State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88

Carter was also president of the Knight Foundation
May 13, 2023
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces its 86th class of fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces its 86th class of fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has selected 24 global journalists for a year of study at Harvard University, where they will work on ambitious projects ranging from the climate crisis…
May 11, 2023
Mike Pride, NF ’85, longtime Concord Monitor editor and Pulitzer Prize administrator, dies at 76

Mike Pride, NF ’85, longtime Concord Monitor editor and Pulitzer Prize administrator, dies at 76

A tribute by Mark Travis, Pride’s friend, co-worker and collaborator at the Concord Monitor
April 26, 2023
China accuses respected journalist Dong Yuyu, a 2007 Nieman Fellow, of espionage

China accuses respected journalist Dong Yuyu, a 2007 Nieman Fellow, of espionage

Journalist Dong Yuyu, a veteran editor and columnist at the Chinese Communist Party newspaper Guangming Daily, is facing espionage charges in Beijing. He was a member of the 2007 class…
April 24, 2023
The Austin American-Statesman wins the 2022 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism at Harvard

The Austin American-Statesman wins the 2022 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism at Harvard

ProPublica and a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/ProPublica narrative are finalists
April 19, 2023
ProPublica and the Chicago Tribune win the 2022 Worth Bingham Prize at Harvard for “The Price Kids Pay”

ProPublica and the Chicago Tribune win the 2022 Worth Bingham Prize at Harvard for “The Price Kids Pay”

“The Price Kids Pay,” a joint investigation by reporters Jodi S. Cohen at ProPublica and Jennifer Smith Richards at the Chicago Tribune, is the winner of the 2022 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative…
April 13, 2023
Wendi C. Thomas receives the 2023 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence at Harvard

Wendi C. Thomas receives the 2023 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence at Harvard

Wendi C. Thomas, founding editor and publisher of MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit newsroom in Memphis, Tennessee, has been selected as winner of the 2023 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence.…
April 11, 2023
Iranian journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi win Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Iranian journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi win Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard

Fellows in the class of 2023 at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University have chosen Iranian journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi for the 2023 Louis M. Lyons Award for…
March 29, 2023
Winners and finalists of the 2023 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards announced

Winners and finalists of the 2023 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards announced

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard are pleased to announce the four winners and two finalists of the 2023 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards.…
March 20, 2023