Acel Moore, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a champion of newsroom diversity, and a 1980 Nieman Fellow, died at his home on February 12 at the age of 75. Over a career spanning 43 years, the Philadelphia native rose from the … Read more
The popular narrative writers’ guide Telling True Stories has been translated into Chinese to serve the growing number of Chinese journalists practicing longform … Read more
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected eight journalists and media executives as Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows for the 2016 calendar year. Each will spend time at Harvard University to work on an innovative project designed to advance … Read more
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In recognition of his ambitious and fearless reporting, Nieman Fellows in the class of 2016 at Harvard University have selected Chinese journalist and author Yang Jisheng for the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in … Read more
Investigative reporter Robert Parry, founder and editor of Consortiumnews.com, may be best known for breaking many of the stories related to the Iran-Contra affair in the 1980s. He received the 2015 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence from the Nieman … Read more
In his upcoming book “The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts” journalist and author Joshua Hammer, NF ’05, tells the story of a herculean attempt to protect endangered texts from destruction … Read more
Nieman Reports has won an EPPY Award for the best web redesign/relaunch in the “under 1 million unique monthly visitors” category. Presented annually by … Read more
Becoming Nicole Amy Ellis Nutt, NF ’05 , has published a new book: “Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family.” The book tells the story of a transgender girl, her identical … Read more
Bolivian journalist and author Raúl Peñaranda, NF ’08, has received the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding reporting on the Americas from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Cited for his fight against the abuse of power and media … Read more
Ludovic Blecher, NF ’13, is now manager of Google’s Digital News Initiative Innovation Fund in France. The bold new €150 million ($166 million) initiative is open to anyone involved in Europe’s digital news industry and will support online journalism … Read more
