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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

Dorothy Parvaz, NF ’09, comments on time in captivity

Al Jazeera reporter Dorothy Parvaz, NF '09, who had been detajned in Syria and Iran for almost three weeks was released on May 18 and is now safe at home in Qatar. She…
May 18, 2011

The Nieman Foundation calls on Iran for the immediate release of Dorothy Parvaz, NF ’09

To Whom It May Concern: The staff at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University is deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of journalist Dorothy Parvaz, who is…
May 12, 2011

New Nieman Curator elected Pulitzer Prize Board co-chair

Ann Marie Lipinski, the Nieman Foundation's incoming curator, is among three Pulitzer Prize Board members newly elected as co-chairs. Lipinski, former editor of the Chicago Tribune and 1990 Nieman Fellow,…
May 12, 2011

James H. McCartney dies at 85

James H. McCartney, an award-winning Washington correspondent and columnist who specialized in foreign affairs and defense policy for the Knight Ridder newspaper chain, died Friday, May 6, at the age…
May 11, 2011

Dorothy Parvaz, NF 09, reportedly detained in Iran

Journalist Dorothy Parvaz, NF ’09, who has been missing since the end of April, is reportedly now in Iranian custody. Parvaz was detained by Syrian officials in Damascus on April 29…
May 11, 2011

Nieman Foundation calls for release of journalist Dorothy Parvaz in Syria

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard is calling for information and assistance in obtaining the release of journalist Dorothy Parvaz, a 2009 Nieman Fellow, who is being held in…
May 6, 2011

Journalism in Eastern Europe: Who controls the media?

The end of the Cold War and the collapse of a dozen totalitarian states 20 years ago triggered the emergence of democracy in the region previously known as the Communist…
May 5, 2011