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Documentary produced by Mary Ann Jolley wins ‘Grand Award’

The documentary "Jihad Sheilas," produced by Mary Ann Jolley, a 2006 Nieman Fellow, won the 'Grand Award' for Best News/Documentary at this year's New York Festivals Television Programming and Promotions…
April 16, 2009

What newspapers do

This editorial in The Boston Globe cites the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers and the exemplary work of the winners as powerful examples of the important role of…
April 16, 2009

Amy Ellis Nutt Recieves 2008 Sigma Delta Chi Award

The Society of Professional Journalists announced the recipients of the 2008 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism on Monday, April 13. Amy Ellis Nutt, a 2005 Fellow, was…
April 13, 2009

Biographer Chronicles Perkins, ‘New Deal’ Pioneer

Kirstin Downey, a 2001 Nieman Fellow, recently spoke with NPR's Jacki Lyden on "All Things Considered" about her new biography, “The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Francis…
April 1, 2009

Texas Daily Newspaper Assn. Honors Cobler

Chris Cobler, a 2006 Nieman Fellow, recently received the Editorial Achievement Award from the Texas Daily Newspaper Association at its annual convention. The award recognizes "courage and commitment to the…
March 30, 2009

Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, Nieman Foundation Announce Winners of the 2009 Lukas Prize Project Awards

The recipients of the 2009 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards for exceptional nonfiction include works by authors Jane Mayer, Timothy Brook, and Judy Pasternak.
March 30, 2009

Nieman Conference Insists Narrative Matters in Turbulent Times

Attendance dipped to slightly over 500 compared to more than 900 in past years. Some had just lost jobs. A few others wondered how long they'd have a desk to…
March 23, 2009

2009 Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism: Telling True Stories in Turbulent Times

Close to 600 journalists joined us at the Sheraton Boston March 20-22 for our eighth annual narrative conference. Keynoter Connie Schultz, columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, addressed the elephant in…
March 20, 2009

The Charlotte Observer wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for Series on Problems in Poultry Industry

The Charlotte Observer has won the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for its coverage of health and safety violations in the poultry industry. The paper’s series “The Cruelest…
March 16, 2009

The National Book Critics Circle honors Filkins’ “The Forever War”

"The Forever War," a book reporting on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan by Dexter Filkins, was awarded The National Book Critics Circle prize for general nonfiction. The National Book…
March 13, 2009