Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Stanley Karnow, a 1958 Nieman Fellow known for his exhaustive and insightful coverage of Southeast Asia, has died at the age of 87. A 1947 graduate of Harvard University, Karnow began his career as a Paris correspondent for Time magazine in the 1950s, reporting on events in Western Europe and North Africa. Read more
Tom Wicker, NF ’58, a political columnist for The New York Times for 25 years, died Nov. 25 at the age of 85 at his home near Rochester, Vermont. Read more
Dick Hughes, editorial page editor of the (Salem, Ore.) Statesman Journal, recalls J. Wesley "Wes" Sullivan's passion for journalism and his community. "Over time, Wes became a role model. He put his family and his faith first. ... He welcomed every day as an adventure." Sullivan, a member of the Class of 1958, died Nov. 11. Read more