Mitchel R. Levitas, a longtime leading editor for The New York Times and a 1959 Nieman Fellow, died June 22 in New Marlborough, Massachusetts from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease and pneumonia. He was 89. Read more
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, home to internationally recognized journalism fellowships, programs and publications, has selected 27 Nieman Fellows for the class of 2020. The group includes local reporters, foreign correspondents, editors, a photographer, a bureau chief, … Read more
Dejan Anastasijevic, a 2002 Nieman Fellow and highly respected veteran journalist in Serbia, died in Belgrade on April 24 after battling a long illness. He was 57. Read more
The Bloomberg News investigation “Sign Here to Lose Everything,” a five-part series about predatory lending practices in the merchant cash-advance industry, … Read more
James F. Ahearn, a 1971 Nieman Fellow and longtime reporter and editor in New Jersey, died in Rhinebeck, New York on April 13. He was 87. Ahearn worked at The Record newspaper in Bergen County, New Jersey … Read more
“Pain and Profit,” a 16-month Dallas Morning News investigation into mismanaged health care in Texas by reporters J. David McSwane and Andrew Chavez is the winner of the 2018 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism. Using extensive public records … Read more
Robert J. “Bud” Korengold, a 1964 Nieman Fellow who served as a foreign correspondent in Europe before transitioning to a career in diplomacy, passed away on March 15 in Vernon, Normandy, France. He was 89. Read more
In recognition of their enduring support of investigative reporting and independent journalists, Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery of Mother Jones magazine have been awarded the 2019 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. They will receive the medal during a … Read more
Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard are pleased to announce the five winners and the two finalists of the 2019 Lukas Prize Project Awards. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Tuesday, May … Read more
CHICAGO – The University of Chicago Institute of Politics (IOP) and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard are pleased to announce the … Read more
