Investigative journalist and digital media strategist Miguel Paz, a 2015 Nieman-Berkman Fellow, has joined the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York as a distinguished lecturer specializing in data journalism and multimedia storytelling. A native of Chile, Paz … Read more
As part of inaugural HUBweek events in Boston, the Nieman Foundation hosted a special evening of storytelling in historic Faneuil Hall on Oct. 6. “Made in Boston: Stories of Invention and Innovation” featured seven of the area’s best journalists, authors and innovators who offered behind-the-scene perspectives on stories that originated in Boston and reverberated around the world. Read more
The Nieman Foundation today announced all named fellowships for the Nieman class of 2016. These fellowships are supported by foundation grants and endowed funds that provide financial assistance to journalists from the United States and abroad.
For the first time, Nieman will award the Anja Niedringhaus Nieman Fellowship for Visual Journalism to documentary photographer Andrea Bruce, whose work brings attention to people living in war and its aftermath as well as the social issues that are sometimes ignored and often ignited in war’s wake. The fellowship honors the memory of 2007 Nieman Fellow and AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus, who was shot and killed while on assignment in Afghanistan in the spring of 2014. Read more
In recognition of a career distinguished by meticulously researched investigations, intrepid questioning and reporting that has challenged both conventional wisdom and mainstream media, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard will present journalist Robert Parry with the 2015 I.F. Read more
John Carroll a 1972 Nieman Fellow and one of the country’s most influential journalists, died in Kentucky on June 14, 2015 at the age of 73. As editor at The Los Angeles Times from 2000-2005, he oversaw the … Read more
To help news innovators advance quality journalism by incorporating new practices and technology into their work, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced $223,000 in support to the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard for a new program, the Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowships. Read more
Filmmaker Laura Poitras and Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman will receive the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence in February. The two journalists will come to Harvard to speak about their work. Read more
The Nieman Foundation today announced all named fellowships for the Nieman class of 2015. These fellowships are supported by foundation grants and endowed funds that provide financial assistance to journalists from the United States and abroad. Read more
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society have selected two journalists as the 2014-2015 Nieman-Berkman Fellows in Journalism Innovation. The fellowship is a collaboration between the two organizations designed to generate new ideas to advance quality journalism in the digital age. Read more
In June 2014 at the Global Editors Network Summit in Barcelona, several 2013 Nieman Fellows presented “!nstant” an innovative new app designed to help journalists and others make sense of breaking news and live events, distilling signals from the noise posted on social media channels. Read more
