Charles Lewis In recognition of his unceasing efforts to strengthen and support the work of investigative journalists in the U.S. and abroad, journalist and author Charles Lewis has been awarded the 2018 … Read more
The Nieman Foundation presented the 2016 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism and the 2017 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence on April 26, 2017. The Oregonian/OregonLive won the Taylor Award for "Toxic Armories." Victor S. Navasky was awarded the I.F. Stone Medal in recognition of a career dedicated to journalistic integrity and for his work speaking truth to power. Read more
Victor S. Navasky In recognition of a career dedicated to journalistic integrity and for his work speaking truth to power beyond the confines of mainstream media, journalist Victor S. Navasky has … 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
Investigative reporter Robert Parry, founder and editor of Consortiumnews.com, may be best known for breaking many of the stories related to the Iran-Contra affair in the 1980s. He received the 2015 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence from the Nieman … Read more
Presented with the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence at a ceremony held at the Nieman Foundation on October 22, Parry—now a well-established investigative reporter himself—told the audience about the profound impact those newsletters had on his own career. Read more
In recognition of a career distinguished by meticulously researched investigations, intrepid questioning and reporting that has challenged both conventional wisdom and mainstream media, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard will present journalist Robert Parry with the 2015 I.F. Read more
Filmmaker Laura Poitras was the recipient of the 2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence, awarded each year by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of “Democracy Now!,” also received a special I.F. Stone lifetime achievement award. Read more
Filmmaker Laura Poitras and Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman will receive the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence in February. The two journalists will come to Harvard to speak about their work. Read more
Before joining The New Yorker in 1995, Jane Mayer spent 12 years as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where she was the paper’s first female White House correspondent. At The New Yorker, she covers politics and the war on terror. Read more
