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Nieman Fellows shine a light on the gates of Harvard

Giving back to the Harvard community they call home this academic year, three Nieman Fellows recently offered a January Term course on Harvard's historic gates. Leading a class of curious…

Stanley Karnow, NF ’58, dies at 87

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Stanley Karnow, a 1958 Nieman Fellow known for his exhaustive and insightful coverage of Southeast Asia, has died at the age of 87. A 1947…

Nieman Lab launches weekly Press Publish podcasts

The Nieman Journalism Lab has launched a new weekly podcast series, Press Publish, that will feature conversations with the people who are shaping the future of news. The project kicks…

Shelby Scates, NF ’63, dies at 81

Shelby Scates, a 1963 Nieman Fellow and longtime political reporter and columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, died on Jan. 3 at the age of 81. He covered wars and presidential…

Larry King, NF ’70, dies at 83

Larry L. King, NF ’70, died on December 20 at the age of 83. A native of Texas and a prolific journalist and author, King was perhaps best known as…

Raul Peñaranda, NF ’08, wins UNCA’s Elizabeth Neuffer Prize

Bolivian journalist Raul Peñaranda, NF '08, has received the United Nations Correspondents Association’s 2012 Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize (gold) for written media. U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, presented the award…

Nieman’s 2012 Year in Review

The Nieman Foundation’s 2012 Annual Report is now online. It examines the many events and changes that took place during the past year including news about programming developments and collaborative…

Nieman announces 2013 Visiting Fellows

The Nieman Foundation has selected three journalists as Visiting Fellows for the 2013 calendar year. Each will spend a period of time at Harvard University to work on a project…

La periodista mexicana Marcela Turati gana el Premio Louis M. Lyons a la conciencia e integridad en el periodismo

Los Nieman Fellows de la Universidad de Harvard han decidido otorgar a Marcela Turati, de la revista mexicana Proceso, el Premio Louis Lyons a la conciencia e integridad en el…

Mexican journalist Marcela Turati wins Lyons Award

The Nieman Fellows at Harvard University have selected Marcela Turati of the Mexican newsmagazine Proceso as this year’s recipient of the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in…