News 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 David Jackson wins Studs Terkel Community Media Award David Jackson, a 2009 Nieman Fellow and reporter for the Chicago Tribune, was chosen as a recipient of the 2009 Studs Terkel Community Media Award. Presented annually, the awards honor… March 10, 2009 Greenhaw delivers Davis Distinguished Lecture Alabama writer, prize-winning journalist, and 1973 Nieman Fellow Wayne Greenhaw delivered Auburn University's Neil and Henrietta Davis Distinguished Lecture on Feb. 25, 2009. February 26, 2009 Detroit Free Press Wins Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism for “A Mayor in Crisis” Staff writers Jim Schaefer and M.L. Elrick and their colleagues at the Detroit Free Press are winners of the 2008 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism for their comprehensive series… February 13, 2009 Serenissima: Venice in Winter Frank Van Riper, a 1979 Nieman Fellow, and his wife and professional partner, Judith Goodman, are “thrilled to report the publication of our latest book, ‘Serenissima: Venice in Winter.’” The… February 9, 2009 Don Janson dies at 87 Don Janson, who's long career in journalism included 34 years with The New York Times, died Feb. 1 at the age of 87. By the time he retired he had… February 5, 2009 Mystical Ecumenism: Photography from Islam’s heartlands Travel through the heartlands of Sufism with the hypnotic images of Iason Athanasiadis. The exhibition runs Feb. 5 - March 10 at Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies. February 5, 2009 NPR’s Gwen Thompkins to Deliver Joe Alex Morris Jr. Lecture Gwen Thompkins, East Africa Correspondent for National Public Radio, will present the 2009 Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard on February 5,… January 30, 2009 Previous 1 … 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 … 105 Next
