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Journalist James Geary named deputy curator at Nieman Foundation

Editor and author James Geary, a 2012 Nieman Fellow, has been selected as the deputy curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism. In this position he will serve as editor…
December 6, 2012

New York Times Correspondent C.J. Chivers to deliver Morris Lecture

C. J. Chivers, senior writer for The New York Times, will deliver the 32nd Joe Alex Morris Jr. Memorial Lecture at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard on Nov.…
November 21, 2012

Former Globe and Mail literary editor William French dies at 86

For 30 of his 42 years at The Globe and Mail, three weekly columns were influential in determining a book's success. Although his byline disappeared with his retirement more than…
September 7, 2012

Yossi Melman joins the Israeli news website Walla

Yossi Melman, a 1990 Nieman Fellow, has joined the Israeli news website Walla after 27 years with the daily newspaper Haaretz. He will continue writing about security and intelligence matters.
June 11, 2012

Daniel Rapoport, NF’71, dies at 79

Daniel Rapoport, a 1971 Nieman Fellow and longtime Washington journalist who started a publishing house which issued books that likely would never otherwise see print, died April 11. He was…
April 23, 2012

2012 Lukas Prize Project Awards Announced

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation have named the winners of the 2012 Lukas Prize Project Awards. Vanderbilt University law professor Daniel Sharfstein has won the 2012 J. Anthony…
March 16, 2012

Nieman Curator Bob Giles reflects on his time at Harvard

Nieman Foundation curator Bob Giles retired at the end of June after 11 years on the job. During his tenure, he found new ways to strengthen the Nieman Fellowship program…
July 14, 2011

Investigative Reporter A.C. Thompson Wins the 2011 I.F. Stone Medal

A.C. Thompson, a staff reporter for ProPublica whose work frequently exposes social injustice and the abuse of power, is winner of the 2011 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. The…
June 14, 2011
The Value of the Nieman Experience

The Value of the Nieman Experience

Nieman curator Bob Giles writes about “The Value of the Nieman Fellows’ Experience” in the Spring 2011 issue of Nieman Reports. His comments about the 50th anniversary of the South…
April 16, 2011

Columbia, Nieman Foundation announce winners of the 2011 Lukas Prize Project

The recipients of the 2011 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards for exceptional nonfiction include authors Eliza Griswold (a 2007 Nieman Fellow), Isabel Wilkerson and Alex Tizon. The awards will…
March 30, 2011