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Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation Announce the 2021 Lukas Prizes Shortlist

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation Announce the 2021 Lukas Prizes Shortlist

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University are pleased to announce the 2021 shortlists for the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards, the J. Anthony Lukas…
February 25, 2021

Journalist Martin Gehlen remembered for his “generous heart and brilliant mind”

Martin Gehlen, NF ’92, a respected Middle East expert and correspondent from Germany died in Tunis on February 6, 2021. His classmate Melissa Ludtke remembers his life and work.Melissa Ludtke,…
February 16, 2021

Martin Gehlen, a respected Middle East correspondent and a 1992 Nieman Fellow, dies at 64

Martin Gehlen, a respected Middle East expert and correspondent from Germany and a 1992 Nieman Fellow, died on February 6 after suffering a heart attack. He was 64.Gehlen, who often…
February 10, 2021
India’s Caravan Magazine wins the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

India’s Caravan Magazine wins the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism

Cambridge, Mass. —Fellows in the Nieman Foundation for Journalism’s class of 2021 at Harvard University have chosen The Caravan, a journal of politics and culture in India, for the 2021…
February 9, 2021

Robert Collins “R.C.” Smith, a journalist, education advocate, and a 1961 Nieman Fellow, dies at 93

Robert Collins “R.C.” Smith, a journalist, education advocate, and a 1961 Nieman Fellow, died December 30, 2020, in Jamestown, North Carolina. He was 93.Smith, who worked for several newspapers in…
January 25, 2021

Bryan Monroe remembered as “a giant of our industry, larger than life in so many good ways”

Bryan Monroe, 55, died in Bethesda, Maryland, on January 13 after suffering a heart attack. Monroe — who, over his career, held posts at NABJ, CNNPolitics.com, Knight Ridder Newspapers, and…
January 15, 2021
Bryan Monroe, 2003 Nieman Fellow and former president of NABJ, dies at 55

Bryan Monroe, 2003 Nieman Fellow and former president of NABJ, dies at 55

Bryan Monroe, a 2003 Nieman Fellow with an impressive resume that included leadership roles at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), Ebony and Jet magazines, and Knight Ridder Newspapers,…
January 14, 2021

“Enormous energy and a nearly equal capacity for empathy”

Deb Price, 62, died in Hong Kong on November 20, 2020 after a long battle with an autoimmune lung disease. The many news outlets she had worked for include The…
December 7, 2020
Nieman Foundation announces the 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellows

Nieman Foundation announces the 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellows

In response to dual crises facing the nation—a pandemic and racial injustice—the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected 12 innovative media professionals for focused project work as 2021…
December 1, 2020
Deb Price, business editor, pioneering gay columnist, and 2011 Nieman Fellow, dies at 62

Deb Price, business editor, pioneering gay columnist, and 2011 Nieman Fellow, dies at 62

Deb Price, a 2011 Nieman Fellow whose column on gay issues was the first to be nationally syndicated in mainstream newspapers, died in Hong Kong on November 20 due to…
November 30, 2020