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Robert Neilsen, Former Toronto Star Journalist, Dies at 87

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.…
July 11, 2009

Ines Pohl Named Editor of die tageszeitung

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…
July 7, 2009

Dan Froomkin Joins The Huffington Post

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…
July 7, 2009

CPJ relieved by release of journalist in Iran

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…
July 7, 2009

Iason Athanasiadis is Released in Tehran

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…
July 5, 2009

Iran: “The guest is God’s friend”

Sandy Tolan, a 1993 Nieman Fellow, writes why the detention of friend and colleague Iason Athanasiadis by Iranian authorities is so troubling.
July 2, 2009

Nieman Foundation Calls for Release of Journalist Detained in Iran

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…
June 25, 2009

Solman part of PBS Engage series “Five Good Questions”

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…
June 18, 2009

Iason Athanasiadis’s reporting from Iran during the 2009 elections and its aftermath

Iason Athanasiadis, a 2008 Nieman Fellow and freelance journalist, wrote Nieman Reports' lead story about journalists in Iran in the Summer 2009 issue. He also contributed a photo essay about…
June 18, 2009

Gerald Grant publishes “Hope and Despair in the American City”

In "Hope and Despair in the American City: Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh," Gerald Grant, a 1968 Nieman Fellow, compares two cities—his hometown of Syracuse, New York,…
June 11, 2009