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Sandy Close receives the 2012 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Sandy Close, executive editor and director of Pacific News Service (PNS), was presented with the 2012 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence on Dec. 6, 2012. She spoke about the…

Out of Eden: The Walk

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek discusses plans for his epic journey around the world and a groundbreaking experiment in slow journalism. In January 2013, journalist…

Journalist James Geary named deputy curator at Nieman Foundation

Editor and author James Geary, a 2012 Nieman Fellow, has been selected as the deputy curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism. In this position he will serve as editor…

James R. Whelan, First Editor of The Washington Times, Dies at 79

James R. Whelan, the founding editor and publisher of The Washington Times, the newspaper established in 1982 by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his South Korea-based Unification Church, died…
C. J. Chivers delivers the 32nd Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture

C. J. Chivers delivers the 32nd Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture

C. J. Chivers, senior writer for The New York Times, delivered the 32nd Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard on Nov. 29,…

John Harwood, NF ’90, named Nieman board chair

John Harwood, chief Washington correspondent for CNBC and a political writer for The New York Times, has been tapped to lead the Nieman Foundation’s Advisory Board. A Nieman Fellow in…

New York Times Correspondent C.J. Chivers to deliver Morris Lecture

C. J. Chivers, senior writer for The New York Times, will deliver the 32nd Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard on Nov.…

Alternative news pioneer Sandy Close wins the 2012 I.F. Stone Medal

Sandy Close, executive editor and director of Pacific News Service (PNS), has been selected as winner of the 2012 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism…

Nieman announces new Visiting Fellowship

The Nieman Foundation is offering an exciting new research and study opportunity at Harvard: a short-term Visiting Fellowship for individuals wishing to work on special projects designed to advance journalism.…

Sebastian Kleu, NF ’62, dies in South Africa

Sebastian Kleu, a former economics editor for the South African newspaper Die Burger who also served as chairman of the South African Board of Trade and Industry, has died. He…