Sandy Tolan, NF ’93, has written a new book, “Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land.” Released by Bloomsbury in April, the nonfiction book follows the journey of one man who, inspired by his … Read more
When my younger daughter was 6 years old, Bob Maynard came to dinner at our house in Des Moines. We sat for a long time at the table, as old friends do, and when I finally put Nell to bed, … Read more
Dori J. Maynard, a 1993 Nieman Fellow and president of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education who was a longtime advocate for improving newsroom diversity, died February 24th at her home in West Oakland, California, from complications … Read more
How lucky for Dori J. Maynard that she got to be a Nieman Fellow (1993), just like her father, Robert C. Maynard, had 27 years before. And how lucky for all of us in the U.S. that she followed and … Read more
Dori J. Maynard, a 1993 Nieman Fellow and president of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education who was a longtime advocate for improving newsroom diversity, died February 24th at her home in West Oakland, California, from … Read more
Public Radio International (PRI) announced the appointment of Michael Skoler to the position of vice president of Interactive Media. In this capacity, Skoler will identify, develop and implement interactive strategies for the creation, distribution and engagement of PRI content. Skoler is a 1993 Nieman Fellow and a member of the Nieman Foundation Advisory Board executive committee. Read more
Rick Bragg, a 1993 Nieman Fellow has been named the 2009 recipient of the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Year. “I was honored to hear I had been chosen to receive the Harper Lee Award, named for a writer whose book, and its message, have spanned decades,” Bragg said. Read more
Class of 1993 Fellow Goenawan Mohamad, a prominent Indonesian journalist, and noted poet and writer has been honored with the Chevalier dans L'ordre des Arts et des Lettres award. Read more
