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Exploring the Other: Contemporary Iran Through the lens of Iason Athanasiadis

An exhibit on contemporary Iran, "Exploring the Other" offers an alternative narrative of the country famously included in the “Axis of Evil” by President George W. Bush. Through the vivid…

Rick Bragg named 2009 Harper Lee Award recipient

Rick Bragg, a 1993 Nieman Fellow has been named the 2009 recipient of the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Year. “I was honored to hear I…

Noblet, former AP business editor, to join Dow Jones

Kevin Noblet, a 1991 Nieman Fellow, will join Dow Jones as Deputy Managing Editor for Wealth Management. "Kevin’s extensive experience in news management, top-level editing and recruiting and training will…

The Knight Center launches the book ‘How to write for the web’

“How to Write for the Web” — a book by Guillermo Franco, a 2005 Nieman Fellow and digital journalist in Colombia — was published in December 2008 by the Knight…

Fellow speaks on “Rethinking the Conflicts in the Middle East”

Scheherezade Faramarzi, a reporter for the Associated Press in Lebanon and member of the Class of 2009, was a guest speaker at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs on Tuesday,…

David Heath wins Everett McKinley Dirksen Award

David Heath and Seattle Times colleague Hal Bernton won the 2008 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Coverage of Congress for their multi-platform series “The Favor Factory.” The Times series…

JSU names former Star editor Waddle Ayers Chair of Communications

Jacksonville State University recently named former Star editor and veteran journalist Chris Waddle its Ayers Chair of Communications. "I have been a teacher all my career in a sense that…

Marilyn Geewax joins National Public Radio

Marilyn Geewax, Class of 1995,  will join National Public Radio’s National Desk as the new Senior Business Editor starting Dec. 15. She previously was the national economics correspondent for Cox…

Guy Raz named Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize Winner

National Public Radio defense correspondent Guy Raz was selected as winner of the 2008 Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize for a three-part series entitled "Rescuing the Wounded: Iraq to Germany" which…

Ronke Olawale wins Nigerian National Media Merit Award

Ronke Olawale was honored with a Nigerian National Media Merit Award. Olawale, who is a member of the Class of 2009, received the Ernest Sisei Ikoli Prize for Newspaper Reporter…