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Chicago Tribune wins Taylor Family Award for “Clout Goes to College”

The Chicago Tribune has won the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for “Clout Goes to College,” its evenhanded and thorough investigation of improper influence peddling in the admissions…
March 11, 2010

John Strohmeyer dies

John Strohmeyer, who chronicled the demise of Bethlehem, Pa. turbulent steel industry and won a Pulitzer Prize for editorials dissipating racial tensions in that city, died at 85 on March…
March 10, 2010

Bill Kovach, CCJ founder, receives the National Press Foundation’s Kiplinger Award

Former Nieman Curator and 1989 Nieman Fellow Bill Kovach received the 2010 W.M. Kiplinger Award for Distinguished Contributions to Journalism from the National Press Foundation on February 16.
March 4, 2010

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Raquel Rutledge wins Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism for “Cashing in on Kids”

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Raquel Rutledge is winner of the 2009 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism for her watchdog series “Cashing in on Kids.” In reports published over the…
February 19, 2010

Raj Chengappa Appointed New Editor-in-Chief of The (North India) Tribune

Raj Chengappa—a 1991 Nieman Fellow—has been appointed the new Editor-in-Chief of The Tribune Group of Publications, based in Chandigarh, India. He will take over on March 16, 2010.
February 12, 2010

Morocco’s Leading Independent Magazine Is Shut Down

Last week, the Morrocan weekly news magazine Le Journal Hebdomadaire—known to be very critical of the government and for its hard-hitting investigative journalism—was closed down by government authorities. Le Journal…
February 2, 2010

New York Times Reporter David Rohde Delivers the 2010 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Lecture

New York Times correspondent David Rohde delivered the 29th annual Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture on February 4, 2010. Each year, the Morris Lecture honors an American overseas correspondent…
January 27, 2010

Sunday Dare Launches Newsbreaksnow.com

Sunday Dare—Nigerian journalist, author, researcher and 2001 Nieman Fellow—recently launched the online news and information Web site Newsbreaksnow.com, which focuses on local, continental and international news delivered in a timely,…
January 22, 2010

Crispulo Icban Jr. Appointed Acting Press Secretary for Manila

Veteran journalist Crispulo “Jun” Icban Jr.—Manila Bulletin editor-in-chief and 1967 Nieman Fellow—was designated acting Press Secretary for by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Icban temporarily replaces Press Secretary Cerge Remonde, who…
January 22, 2010

Post editor and reporter shone a light on the voiceless

Marcia Slacum Greene, 57, a tenacious Washington Post editor and reporter whose assignments included politics, housing and social services and who saw journalism as a way to humanize and illuminate…
January 6, 2010