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Nieman Foundation Names New Fellow to Class of 2009

The Nieman Foundation has selected Russian journalist Fatima Tlisova as a member of the Nieman Class of 2009.

NABJ Honors Five Niemans with 2008 Salute to Excellence Award

Five Nieman Fellows were among the 2008 recipients of the National Association of Black Journalists' Salute to Excellence Awards. The annual awards recognize exemplary coverage of the African and African-American…

John Walcott Receives First I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence for pre-Iraq War Coverage

John Walcott, Washington bureau chief of the McClatchy Co., is the first recipient of the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence.

Editor Who Shaped Chicago Tribune Steps Down

Ann Marie Lipinski, 30 summers after she arrived at the Chicago Tribune for what was supposed to be a three-month internship and seven years after becoming its first female editor,…

Seattle Times Reporters Awarded National Journalism Prize

Seattle Times investigative reporter David Heath, Class of 2006, and colleague Hal Bernton have won the national Clark Mollenhoff Award for Excellence in Investigative Reporting for their series "The Favor…

Washington Post Taps Marcus Brauchli as New Executive Editor

Marcus Brauchli, a 1992 Nieman Fellow, has been named executive editor of The Washington Post, returning him to the top ranks of American journalism less than three months after Rupert…

Guy Raz Wins 2008 Edward R. Murrow Award

Guy Raz, NPR Defense Correspondent and member of the Class of 2009, was honored with the 2008 Edward R. Murrow Awards for “Rescuing the Wounded: Iraq to Germany.”

Lipinski Takes Post at University of Chicago

Ann Marie Lipinski, longtime editor and managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, has been appointed to the newly created post of Vice President for Civic Engagement. She is a member…

Wilfrid Rodgers Dies at 88

Wilfrid C. Rodgers, who covered the Kennedy White House as part of a 45-year career as a reporter, columnist, and editor for The Boston Globe, died May 22. He was…

American Professor, Indonesian Journalist Team Up for Narrative Reporting Course

American professor Janet E. Steele and Indonesian journalist Andreas Harsono, Class of 2000, will team up for a “Narrative Reporting” course for print journalists here, the first time this subject…