Cambridge, Mass. – The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has chosen several journalists as new members of the committee that selects its annual I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. The award honors the life of investigative … Read more
Florence Graves Florence Graves, founding director of the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University, has been named the new chair of the I.F. Stone Medal selection committee. The … Read more
On May 8-9, 2015, the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard hosted a joint conference in Chicago for journalists reporting on the 2016 presidential election. Read more
The Nieman Foundation and Harvard’s Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity welcomed three leading political journalists to campus on Sept. 27 for “Press and the Race: A Presidential Election Roundtable,” an event designed for Harvard faculty members. Read more
Iason Athanasiadis, a 2008 Nieman Fellow and freelance journalist, wrote Nieman Reports' lead story about journalists in Iran in the Summer 2009 issue. He also contributed a photo essay about contemporary Iran, and now he is reporting from Iran in the chaotic aftermath of the disputed Iranian election for the Washington Times, Global Post, and the Untold Stories blog on the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting's Web site, which is supporting his reporting in Iran. Read more
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has selected 24 leading journalists from around the world for two semesters of study at Harvard University, where they will research climate change, the use of artificial intelligence in newsgathering, the proliferation of … Read more
Henry Chu, an accomplished reporter and editor whose work has taken him around the globe, has been selected as the deputy curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. In his new role, Chu … Read more
Jerry Mitchell, director and co-founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting (MCIR), has been selected as the winner of the 2024 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence in recognition of his exemplary body of … Read more
Fellows in the class of 2024 at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University have chosen Ukrainian investigative journalist Yuriy Nikolov for this year’s Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. The … Read more
Remer Tyson, who spent the better part of two decades chronicling wars, famine and freedom movements in Africa — including South Africa’s triumph over apartheid — died at his home in Harare, Zimbabwe, on December 27, 2023. Read more
