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Iason Athanasiadis, a 2008 Nieman Fellow, was arrested after writing a piece for The Spectator on the Iranian demonstrations. He learned from his interrogators how deep is the historic hatred…

Paul Hemphill, who brought a lean journalistic style and a sharp ear for dialogue to essays and novels devoted to the blue-collar South of stock-car racing, football, country music, evangelists…

In his 33 years with the Toronto Star, Robert Nielsen's roles ranged from foreign correspondent to editorial page editor and acting editor-in-chief. He died July 10 after suffering an aneurysm.…

Ines Pohl, a 2005 Nieman Fellow, has been named Editor of die tageszeitung, the leading leftist newspaper of Germany. Known as "the taz," the alternative daily offers social and political…

Dan Froomkin, deputy editor of the Nieman Watchdog Project, has been named Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post. He will oversee a staff of four reporters and an assistant…

In response to reports that Iason Athanasiadis, a journalist detained in Iran since June 17, was released today we issued the following statement... "We are relieved that Iason's ordeal has…

Iason Athanasiadis, the journalist and photographer arrested in Tehran June 17, was released Sunday, July 5. He was said to have been the only non-Iranian among more than 40 journalists…

Sandy Tolan, a 1993 Nieman Fellow, writes why the detention of friend and colleague Iason Athanasiadis by Iranian authorities is so troubling.

Iason Athanasiadis, our friend and colleague from the Nieman Class of 2008, is being detained by the Iranian government. “The Nieman Foundation and members of the Nieman community around the…

Paul Solman, NewsHours' Business & Economics correspondent and 1977 Nieman Fellow, has been featured as part of the ongoing PBS Engage series called “Five Good Questions.” The series features a…