To learn more about the Abrams Nieman Fellowship and who should apply, read a Q&A with Nieman Foundation curator Ann Marie Lipinski: “Investigative journalism is tough for local newsroom with fewer resources. The Abrams Nieman Fellowship focuses on that … Read more
Gerald P. Grant, a 1968 Nieman Fellow and an education editor at The Washington Post before pursuing a career in the sociology of education, died in his Syracuse, New York home on September 20. He was 79. Read more
Michael Green, a 1968 Nieman Fellow who served at the helm of South Africa’s Daily News and Sunday Tribune during the height of apartheid, died August 30 in Durban, South Africa. He was 87. A longtime journalist, … Read more
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard today announced the named fellowships for the Nieman class of 2018. These fellowships are supported by foundation grants and endowed funds that provide important financial assistance to journalists from the United States … Read more
Wayne Woodlief, NF '66 Boston Herald Staff photo by Patrick Whittemore Longtime Boston Herald political columnist and 1966 Nieman Fellow Wayne Woodlief died on Aug. Read more
Richard Dudman, a 1954 Nieman Fellow and longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter who, while on assignment in Cambodia, was ambushed by Viet Cong fighters and held in captivity for more than a month, died August 3 in … Read more
Cornelia Bowling Carrier, one of the first environmental reporters in the South and a 1976 Nieman Fellow, died April 8 at the age of 78. Her Nieman classmate Peter Behr wrote this obituary, with comments from some of their fellow fellows: … Read more
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism, a leading global voice in journalism education and innovation, has selected 24 journalists as members of the Nieman class of 2018. The group includes reporters, writers, correspondents, editors, radio and television producers, a photographer, … Read more
Zvi Dor-Ner, a 1977 Nieman Fellow and a longtime WGBH executive producer, died in Brookline, Massachusetts from pancreatic cancer on April 6. He was 75. Dor-Ner spent three decades at WGBH, Boston’s PBS affiliate, where he … Read more
Cecilia Alvear, NF ’89, who worked for NBC for 25 years and was a former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, died April 21 in Santa Monica, California after battling cancer. … Read more
