William “Bill” Steif, a longtime journalist and 1953 Nieman Fellow, died at his home in Blythewood, South Carolina on October 15 from respiratory failure related to dementia. He was 93. Steif spent most of his career at Scripps-Howard … Read more
On Friday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Prize to Santos “for his resolute efforts to bring the … Read more
Robert Timberg, Marine, reporter, editor, acclaimed author and Nieman Fellow in the class of 1980, died on September 6 in Annapolis, Maryland, of respiratory failure. He was the bravest man I ever met. Shockingly disfigured by a land mine … Read more
The struggle between the forces of segregation and civil rights in the South was the big story when the Nieman Fellows came together in September of 1962. The class was heavy with Southern (white) journalists who had been covering it. Read more
Allister Sparks Allister Sparks, former editor of South Africa’s Rand Daily Mail and a 1963 Nieman Fellow, died in Johannesburg on September 19. He was 83. Sparks served at … Read more
Florence Graves Florence Graves, founding director of the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University, has been named the new chair of the I.F. Stone Medal selection committee. The group … Read more
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard today announced the named fellowships for the Nieman class of 2017. These fellowships are supported by foundation grants and endowed funds that provide vital financial assistance to journalists from the United States … Read more
Derrick Z. Jackson, NF ’84, has been named a Joan Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School for Fall 2016. The Shorenstein fellowship program invites four individuals to spend an academic semester at Harvard doing research in the field of … Read more
Yossi Melman, NF ’90, is among the Israeli and U.S. officials and experts featured in the cybercrime documentary “Zero Days,” which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February and is slated for limited release in the … Read more
Grzegorz Piechota, NF ’16, is the recipient of the Silver Shovel Award, which recognizes lifetime achievement and contributions to the International News Media Association. Piechota, a former news editor of Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza, recently published the INMA report … Read more
