Ralph Otwell, a 1960 Nieman Fellow and former editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, died on March 8, 2017 from complications from heart failure in Evanston, Illinois. He was 90. During his 15-plus years as editor of the … Read more
The Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University are pleased to announce the 2018 shortlist for the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and the Mark Lynton History … Read more
Lawrence G. Weiss, a 1949 Nieman Fellow who was a longtime editorial writer for The Denver Post before becoming a public affairs advisor, died in Boulder, Colorado on … Read more
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard will welcome a group of nine* journalists and media executives as Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows for the 2018 calendar year. Each will spend time at Harvard University to work on an innovative project designed … Read more
Lynsey Addario Photojournalist Lynsey Addario will deliver the 36th Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism on Jan. 18, 2018. The annual Morris Lecture honors an … Read more
Elena Milashina Nieman Fellows in the class of 2018 at Harvard University have selected Elena Milashina for the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. Milashina was chosen for … Read more
Roy Reed, a 1964 Nieman Fellow who covered the civil rights movement for The New York Times, died December 10 in Fayetteville, Arkansas after suffering a stroke. He was 87. Reed spent much of his career at … Read more
Simeon Booker, a 1951 Nieman Fellow and a legendary civil rights reporter who headed the Washington bureau for Jet and Ebony magazines for five decades, died in Solomons, Maryland on December 10. He was 99. Read more
To learn more about the Abrams Nieman Fellowship and who should apply, read a Q&A with Nieman Foundation curator Ann Marie Lipinski: “Investigative journalism is tough for local newsroom with fewer resources. The Abrams Nieman Fellowship focuses on that … Read more
Gerald P. Grant, a 1968 Nieman Fellow and an education editor at The Washington Post before pursuing a career in the sociology of education, died in his Syracuse, New York home on September 20. He was 79. Read more
