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Two Nieman Alumni Among Thousands at Airport to Witness Bhutto’s Return to Pakistan

After maneuvering their way through the dense crowds of onlookers hoping to witness the convoy carrying Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Beena Sarwar (at left), Class of 2006, and Absar…
October 18, 2007

Journalist’s Murder Echoes Reality of Deadly War

Washington Post reporter Salih Saif Aldin was recently killed in Iraq while covering a story for his newspaper. More than 100 Iraqi journalists have died since the start of the…
October 16, 2007

“Just Married” to be featured in Boston festival

Ayelet Bechar’s award-winning documentary will be screened on Sunday, Sept. 30, at the Boston Palestine Film Festival. The film follows the plight of two married Palestinian couples who are not…
September 30, 2007

Opening the Locker Room Door for Women

Thirty years ago, the commissioner for Major League Baseball barred Melissa Ludtke — then Sports Illustrated reporter and 1992 Nieman Fellow — from the locker room during Game 1 of…
September 30, 2007

PBS features Miller, Idaho Falls Post Register on “Exposé: America’s Investigative Reports”

EXPOSÉ goes inside an extraordinary investigation that unearthed hidden court records to reveal evidence of multiple victims of child sexual abuse, raising questions about some of the most cherished institutions…
September 26, 2007

The Story We Needed Ken Burns to Tell

Cecilia Alvear, Class of 1989, recently attended a screening of highlights of Ken Burns "The War," and I found it "stunning, moving and sadly incomplete. Alvear notes that Burns managed…
September 22, 2007

Jamai addresses the need for change in Morocco’s press

Aboubakr Jamai, the former publisher of the independent weekly Le Journal Hebdomadaire and member of the Class of 2007, spoke passionately about the need for change in Morocco’s press at…
September 21, 2007

The Power of Strong Opinions: Jim Boyd Joins Minnesota Monitor

After 25 years at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jim Boyd — Class of 1980 — has begun a new venture where hard news and opinion meet: he's Minnesota Monitor's new…
September 18, 2007

‘Jack’ Kole, Class of 1963, dies at 73

John William "Jack" Kole died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington County after an apparent heart attack. He was Washington bureau chief for the Milwaukee Journal from1970 to 1989, and…
September 15, 2007

Anthony Day dies at 74

Anthony Day, a longtime editorial page editor of The Los Angeles Times who helped transform the paper into a respected voice in national affairs, died Sunday at a hospice in…
September 4, 2007