Roger Cohen, Berlin Correspondent for the New York Times, will deliver the annual Joe Alex Morris Jr. memorial lecture at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University on Wednesday, March 7. Read more
Seth Effron, a veteran newspaper reporter who developed two online news ventures in North Carolina, has been named deputy curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Read more
Ignacio Gomez, a Colombian journalist who fled to the United States last month under death threats in his own country, will spend part of his time in exile as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Read more
Twelve international journalists have been named Nieman Fellows for the 2000-01 academic year. They will join twelve U.S. journalists whose names were announced earlier in May to make up the 63rd class of Nieman Fellows. Read more
Twelve U.S. journalists have been appointed to the 63rd class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University. They will be joined by approximately 12 international journalists to be named later this month. Read more
Lewis C. Clapp, a pioneer in computer technology, died Saturday night, December 26, in Boca Raton Community Hospital in Florida after an operation for a ruptured appendix. He was 61 years old. Read more
"We want to express our extreme dismay and disappointment over the unlawful detention, torture and pending trial of Mark Chavunduka and Ray Choto of The Standard, a weekly newspaper based in Harare. As Nieman Fellows at Harvard University, we represent news organizations from around the globe and are honored to have Chavunduka among our group of fellows." Read more