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Harsono Wins 2010 John Rumbiak Human Rights Defenders Award

Journalist and human rights advocate Andreas Harsono, a 2000 Nieman Fellow, was presented with the West Papua Advocacy Team's John Rumbiak Human Rights Defenders Award. The annual award is given…
July 7, 2010

It’s A Boy: War Reporter’s Baby Shower In Baghdad

Hannah Allam, a 2009 Nieman Fellow, is having a baby shower. Her son, Bilal, is due in four months. And unlike most baby showers, the guests at this one are…
July 7, 2010

Colombian voters elect Santos president

Colombian voters on overwhelmingly elected as their new president Juan Manuel Santos, an American-educated former defense minister who oversaw a forceful counterinsurgency against the country’s rebel groups. Santos is a…
June 22, 2010

Frank Kelly dies at 95

Frank Kelly—a former reporter for the Kansas City Star and speech writer for President Harry Truman, and a founder and senior vice president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation—died June…
June 22, 2010

Craig R. McCoy wins the 2010 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Craig R. McCoy, a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, is winner of the 2010 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. The Nieman Foundation will present the award during a…
June 11, 2010

Robert Bergenheim dies at 86

Robert C. Bergenheim, the former Boston Herald American publisher who co-founded the Boston Business Journal and Providence Business News, died on Saturday, June 5. He was a 1954 Nieman Fellow.
June 9, 2010

Robert L. Healy—Boston Globe editor, columnist, political insider—dies at 84

Robert L. Healy, who spent more than four decades as a Boston Globe reporter, editor, and columnist, and played a leading role in some of the most notable chapters in…
June 7, 2010

Michael Skoler joins PRI as vice president, Interactive Media

Public Radio International (PRI) announced the appointment of Michael Skoler to the position of vice president of Interactive Media. In this capacity, Skoler will identify, develop and implement interactive strategies…
May 26, 2010

Nieman Foundation announces Nieman Fellows in Class of 2011

The Nieman Foundation has selected 25 journalists from the United States and abroad to join the 73rd class of Nieman Fellows. The group includes journalists who work in print, radio,…
May 26, 2010

Alma Guillermoprieto to receive IWMF Lifetime Achievement Award

Alma Guillermoprieto a Mexican journalist whose articles have illuminated Latin America for her readers  has been chosen as the 2010 recipient of the International Women’s Media Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. She…
May 21, 2010