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From Watergate to WikiLeaks: Journalism and Secrecy in the New Media Age

The WikiLeaks Iraq and Afghanistan war logs—and now the roll out of diplomatic cables—are having an enormous impact on journalism. On December 16, 2010, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism convened…

Dexter Filkins Leaves The New York Times for The New Yorker

After months of negotiation, Middle East correspondent Dexter Filkins, a 2007 Nieman Fellow, is leaving The New York Times and heading to The New Yorker. This move provides the publication…

Nieman contributors examine state of journalism for Harvard International Review

An article by Nieman Curator Bob Giles, “An Emergent Neo-Journalism: The Decline and Renewal of News Media,” has been published in the Fall 2010 issue of the Harvard International Review.…

New website promises to be Canadian version of Politico

James Baxter, a 2008 Nieman Fellow, this week launched iPolitics.ca, Canada's answer to Politico. Featuring political coverage on policy, departmental news and inside scoops from Parliament Hill, iPolitics.ca includes original…

Ronald R. Walker Dies at 76

Ronald R. Walker, a longtime Virgin Islands journalist and resident, died Nov. 23. Walker began his journalism career in 1959 as a reporter with the Virgin Islands Daily News, serving…
CPJ honors J.S. Tissainayagam

CPJ honors J.S. Tissainayagam

Outstanding journalists at the forefront of the battle for press freedom were honored Tuesday, Nov. 24 at the Committee to Protect Journalists' 20th Annual International Press Freedom Awards benefit dinner.…

Roanoke Times reporter Beth Macy, missionaries escape chaotic region

Roanoke Times reporter Beth Macy and a team of medical missionaries she's been following in Haiti fled rioting in the cholera-stricken northern region of the country, passing through fiery roadblocks…

Somali reporter Mohamed Olad Hassan to receive Louis M. Lyons Award

The Nieman Foundation will present the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism to Somali reporter Mohamed Olad Hassan on Thursday, November 18, 2010. Nieman Fellows in…

The New Age announces new editor

Henry Jeffreys, a 2005 Nieman Fellow, was recently announced as the new editor of The New Age newspaper, following the controversial walkout of the fledgling newspaper's top five editors. Jeffreys…

Collaborative health reporting projects focus of new website

The California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting has launched a new website that chronicles the news projects it has produced with California newspapers during the last year. Based at…