Three major investigative reports that used social science research methods as key parts of their probes were named today as winners of the 2007 Philip Meyer Journalism Award. Among them, The Dallas Morning News' Josh Benton — Class of 2008 — took top honors for “Faking the Grade” investigation. Read more
In early November, President Pervez Musharraf's government pulled the plug on Pakistan's most popular television news channel, independent Geo-TV. Bill Schiller, Class of 2006, talks to Pakistani Geo television reporter Absar Alam, Class of 2005, about what the TV channel did to incur the wrath of the Musharraf government. Read more
BBC Producer Simon Wilson, Class of 2008, blogs from Cambridge about the crisis in the American newspaper industry, and the BBC's role in national and international news reporting. Read more
Philip J. Hilts, the author of six books and a prize-winning health and science reporter for both The New York Times and The Washington Post, has been named the third director of the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships. He is a member of the Nieman Class of 1985. Read more
He’s been sentenced to jail, saw his publication banned and was forced to leave his country. Moroccan Editor/Publisher Aboubakr Jamaï, Class of 2007-2008, is the first recipient of the Tully Center for Free Speech Award. Read more
Frederick Pillsbury, Class of 1957, died Jan. 1 after a long illness. A Harvard Graduate, Pillsbury began his journalism career at the Quincy (Mass.) Patriot Ledger as an editorial writer. He worked at the Boston Herald two separate times, and ended his career in retirement from the Boston Globe. Read more
The University of Sierra Leone has conferred on Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere, Class of 1991 and Ghana's Ambassador to Cote D'Ivoire, a doctoral degree in Civil Laws. The degree was in recognition of Blay-Amihere's invaluable contribution to strengthening bilateral ties between Sierra Leone and Ghana and for his intellectual input to the mission of the University of Sierra Leone. Read more
Thomas Morgan III, Class of 1990, died Dec. 24. Morgan was the National Association of Black Journalist's eighth president and the first who was openly gay. Read more
December 23, 2007 — Tim Giago, Class of 1991, was inducted into the South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame in recent weeks — the first American Indian in a state with nine Indian reservations and 59,000 Indians. Read more
Backcast, by Lou Ureneck, Class of 1995, is difficult to categorize and impossible to forget. It might be described as a stunning memoir, a marvelous outdoor adventure, or a breathtaking travelogue that explores the wilds of Alaska and the intricacies of the human heart. Read more
