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Dorothy Parvaz awarded for bravery

Dororthy Parvaz, the Al Jazeera journalist who was detained in Syria earlier this year while reporting, has been awarded the John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award for 2011. She won the…
July 28, 2011

Jenifer McKim wins Casey Award

Boston Globe reporter Jenifer B. McKim has won a 2011 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism. She was honored for “People Need to Know What These Guys Have Done,’’ her portrait…
July 28, 2011

Richard Chacón takes new post at MIT

Richard Chacón, a 2005 Nieman Fellow and director of Massachusetts' Office for Refugees and Immigrants, has resigned for a fund-raising position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
July 27, 2011

Reporting in Dire Circumstances

The plan was for Roanoke (Va.) Times reporter Beth Macy, NF ’10, to follow doctors on an aid trip to Haiti months after an earthquake struck. She was doing that…
July 18, 2011

Nieman Curator Bob Giles reflects on his time at Harvard

Nieman Foundation curator Bob Giles retired at the end of June after 11 years on the job. During his tenure, he found new ways to strengthen the Nieman Fellowship program…
July 14, 2011

Knight Foundation grant supports enhanced Latin American fellowships

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Two Latin American journalists will receive Nieman Fellowships at Harvard University to help them discover new ways to inform and engage their communities and foster a free…
July 13, 2011

Investigative Reporter A.C. Thompson Wins the 2011 I.F. Stone Medal

A.C. Thompson, a staff reporter for ProPublica whose work frequently exposes social injustice and the abuse of power, is winner of the 2011 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. The…
June 14, 2011

Award-winning Alabama author Wayne Greenhaw dies

Alabama author and prize-winning journalist Wayne Greenhaw, a 1973 Nieman Fellow, died May 30 following complications from open-heart surgery. Mr. Greenhaw wrote 22 books. His latest, "Fighting the Devil in…
June 2, 2011

Nieman Foundation announces Class of 2012

The Nieman Foundation has selected 24 journalists from the United States and abroad to become the 74th class of Nieman Fellows. Announcing the class, Nieman Foundation curator Bob Giles said…
May 25, 2011

Nieman Journalism Lab launches Encyclo

The Nieman Journalism Lab has created a new digital encyclopedia that includes entries on all the key players and issues affecting the future of news today. Encyclo is an online…
May 18, 2011