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Class of 2005 Orientation Begins Aug. 30

Twelve U.S. journalists and 13 international journalists will begin orientation on Aug. 30 as the 67th class of Nieman Fellows.
August 18, 2004

Harvard and UMass Boston Journalists to Produce Daily Newspaper at 2004 Democratic National Convention

Journalists from the Nieman Foundation, The Harvard Crimson and UMass Boston will publish MediaNation, a two-page daily newspaper covering the news media and media issues at the Democratic National Convention.
July 19, 2004

Nieman Foundation Launches Capital Campaign; Dedicates New Wing To Honor Lead Gift By Knight Foundation

The new wing on the Nieman Foundation's home at Harvard University was dedicated Monday in honor of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for its long-standing support of…
May 24, 2004

Nieman Foundation Launches Watchdog Journalism Web Site ‘Questions the press should ask’

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University launches a new Web site today to encourage watchdog reporting by drawing on authorities in various fields to suggest questions for the…
May 24, 2004

Nieman Foundation Announces U.S. and International Fellows for 2004-05

Thirteen U.S. journalists and 12 international journalists were appointed to the 67th class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University.
May 17, 2004

Toledo Blade Report on Vietnam War Atrocities Wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers

A report by The Blade of Toledo that uncovered Vietnam-era war crimes kept secret for three and a half decades has received the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers.
May 17, 2004

Nieman Fellows Honor Belarus Radio Editor With 2004 Louis Lyons Award

Zhanna Litvina, a pioneering radio journalist in Belarus, has been selected by the sitting class of Nieman Fellows to receive the 2004 Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in…
May 3, 2004

Crimson Staffers Win Christopher J. Georges Fellowship

Michael M. Grynbaum and Stephen M. Marks will report on Harvard College admissions policies and processes through a fellowship awarded by The Christopher J. Georges Fellowship Fund. Grynbaum covers local…
April 6, 2004

Columbia and Nieman Foundation Announce 2004 Lukas Prize Project Awards

A definitive work on the Vietnam era by David Maraniss, a biography of photographer Eadweard Muybridge by Rebecca Solnit and an examination of slavery by John Bowe were named the…
March 29, 2004

Anthony Shadid, Washington Post Foreign Correspondent, To Deliver 23rd Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture

Anthony Shadid, Islamic affairs correspondent for The Washington Post, will be the 23rd Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial lecturer at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
February 3, 2004