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Journalist, historian and author Cassandra Tate, NF '77, dies at 76

Journalist, historian and author Cassandra Tate, NF ’77, dies at 76

Cassandra Tate, a 1977 Nieman Fellow, died on June 10, 2021, at her home in Seattle, Washington, after a lengthy battle with fallopian tube cancer.A journalist, historian and author, Tate…
Journalist Kenneth Freed, NF '78, dies at 83

Journalist Kenneth Freed, NF ’78, dies at 83

Kenneth Freed, a 1978 Nieman Fellow who worked as an editor and reporter for The Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times and the Omaha World-Herald, died on June 7, 2021.Freed attended…
Nieman Foundation is looking for a digital and audience engagement editor

Nieman Foundation is looking for a digital and audience engagement editor

Reporting to the Deputy Curator, the Digital and Audience Engagement Editor is responsible for enhancing and maintaining the Nieman Foundation’s profile online, ensuring that its fellowship opportunities, journalism, events, and…
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces the 84th class of fellows

Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces the 84th class of fellows

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, a center internationally recognized for its fellowships, publications and programs, has selected 22 Nieman Fellows from across the globe…
Come work with us! Nieman Reports is hiring an assistant editor

Come work with us! Nieman Reports is hiring an assistant editor

Over the past year, Nieman Reports has been covering the urgent challenges and opportunities of the coronavirus pandemic, the movement for racial justice, and the volatile media environment present in…
“Targeted” by Tampa Bay Times wins 2020 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism

“Targeted” by Tampa Bay Times wins 2020 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism

Cambridge, Mass. – “Targeted,” an in-depth investigation by the Tampa Bay Times into a police program that for years monitored, intimidated and harassed families in Pasco County Florida, is winner…
The Associated Press wins 2020 Worth Bingham Prize for “Fruits of Labor” investigation

The Associated Press wins 2020 Worth Bingham Prize for “Fruits of Labor” investigation

Cambridge, Mass. – “Fruits of Labor,” an exhaustive two-year investigation into widespread abuses in the palm oil industry by Associated Press reporters Margie Mason and Robin McDowell, is the winner…
Winners and finalists of the 2021 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards announced

Winners and finalists of the 2021 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards announced

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard are pleased to announce the four winners and the two finalists of the 2021 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project…
Nieman Foundation announces new I.F. Stone Medal selection committee members

Nieman Foundation announces new I.F. Stone Medal selection committee members

Cambridge, Mass. – The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has chosen several journalists as new members of the committee that selects its annual I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence.The…
Nieman Reports is looking for a senior editor to join its staff

Nieman Reports is looking for a senior editor to join its staff

Over the past year, Nieman Reports has been covering the urgent challenges and opportunities the coronavirus pandemic, the movement for racial justice, and the volatile media environment present to newsrooms.…