The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, N.H., has announced that it will offer the John S. Carroll Fellowship in journalism annually over the next three years. Read more
Much has been written about John Carroll's flair as a journalist, but not enough has been said about the quiet but determined courage that made him special—as a reporter but even more impressively as an editor. Read more
The surprising thing about John Carroll is that such a kick-ass, gutsy journalist could also be so sweet a man.
It was John’s journalistic passion that inspired those who worked with him. But it was his gentle, generous nature that made so many love him. I was certainly among those. Read more
In the spring of 2006, John Carroll stood before a room full of newspaper editors at their annual convention and asked, “What will become of newspapers?” It was his eloquent valedictory as an editor, having recently resigned from … 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
John Carroll was a great editor and a great friend. During the seven years we worked together at The Baltimore Sun, we talked every day—seven days a week, 52 weeks a year—so I witnessed John’s brilliance firsthand. His genteel, quiet demeanor in many ways belied his intense interest in great stories and his determination to make sure that when the stories reached print, they were written with fluidity and packed the maximum impact. Read more
H.D.S. Greenway’s memoir “Foreign Correspondent” was published in August by Simon & Schuster. Greenway covered some of the most dramatic developments of the latter half of the 20th century—in Vietnam, Cambodia, the Balkans, and the Middle East. Read more
Investigating Power, a new multimedia website that features the work of 26 leading journalists who have exposed abuses of power in contemporary U.S. history, profiles several Nieman Fellows. Those interviewed include John Carroll, NF ’72; former Nieman curator Bill Kovach, NF ’89; founder of the Nieman Watchdog Project Murrey Marder, NF ’50; Morton Mintz, NF ’64; Gene Roberts, NF ’62; and Nieman Watchdog editor Barry Sussman. Read more
John S. Carroll, a 1972 Nieman Fellow and member of the Nieman Advisory Board, has been selected to receive the William Allen White Foundation’s national citation. The award—presented annually by the University of Kansas' William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications—has been recognizing individuals for outstanding journalistic service since 1950. Read more
R. Gregory Nokes, a 1972 Nieman Fellow, will have his book, "Massacred for Gold, The Chinese in Hells Canyon,'' published in October by Oregon State University Press. The book is the first authoritative account of the long-forgotten 1887 massacre of as many as 34 Chinese gold miners in Oregon's Hells Canyon. Read more
