Nieman Foundation News

FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINES

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:22:59 GMT

New this year! Apply for a Nieman Fellowship using our online application.

U.S. Fellowships, including the Reynolds Fellowship in Community Journalism and the Arts & Culture Reporting Fellowship: Applications must be postmarked on or before Jan. 31, 2010. International Fellowships: Applications must be postmarked on or before Dec. 15, 2009. Global Health Reporting Fellowships: Applications must be postmarked on or before Jan. 31, 2010.

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Nieman Foundation Launches Guide to Covering Pandemic Flu

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:46:44 GMT

The Nieman Foundation has launched a comprehensive online guide to covering pandemic flu. Written by and for journalists, www.coveringflu.org is a one-stop resource designed to help reporters, editors, producers and other media professionals understand the complexities of the flu story. It also offers guidance and best practices for reporting on the topic. Read more »

Nieman and Shorenstein Honor Italian Journalists, La Repubblica

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:18:59 GMT

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard and the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy have presented a citation to Ezio Mauro, editor of La Repubblica in Italy, recognizing his courageous leadership and the essential efforts of the newspaper on behalf of press freedom. It is a statement of support for Mauro and his colleagues in the face of attacks and legal actions by Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi. Learn more »

Pulitzer Prize winner Jack Nelson dies

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:53:45 GMT

Jack Nelson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Los Angeles Times Washington bureau chief who first made his name covering the civil rights movement, died Wednesday, Oct. 22. For more than two decades, he ran the Los Angeles Times’ bureau in the capital, propelling it to the heights of post-Watergate journalism and putting what had once been a regional paper on the same plane with other top national news organizations. Nelson—a 1962 Nieman Fellow—was 80. Read more »

Bryan Monroe Joins J-School at Northwestern

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:45:24 GMT

Veteran newsroom leader and media commentator Bryan Monroe—a 2003 Nieman Fellow—joins the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University as a visiting professor. Read more »

Olivera Perkins a recipient of the 2009 Knowledge@Wharton Awards for Business Journalism

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:54:29 GMT

Olivera Perkins, a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and a business reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, has won the 2009 NABJ-Knowledge@Wharton Award. The awards provide journalists with a scholarship to attend the prestigious Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Perkins is a 2008 Nieman Fellow. Read more »

2008 Christopher J. Georges Conference on College Journalism

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:19:17 GMT

More than 80 students from a dozen schools participated in the fifth annual Christopher J. Georges Conference on College Journalism in April. Sponsored by the Christopher J. Georges Fund and co-hosted by the Nieman Foundation and The Harvard Crimson, the event offered talks by leading journalists, training sessions and networking opportunities.

Paul Steiger, former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal and current editor-in-chief of ProPublica, delivered the keynote speech. Charles Sennott NF ’06, executive editor/vice president of Global News Enterprises, also spoke about the importance of international news coverage. 2008 Nieman Fellows Simon
Wilson, Alicia Anstead and Joshua Benton along with Nieman Narrative Journalism Program Director Constance Hale presented several workshops on topics ranging from “Reporting from the Field” to “Google,Web Tools and Blogging.” A panel discussion on political reporting and the 2008 elections rounded out the day with John Harris from Politico, Mark Halperin of Time/ABC News and Jackie Calmes, political reporter for The Wall Street Journal.

At the end of the conference, the Christopher J. Georges Award for Excellence in Student Journalism was presented to Yale Herald reporter Alex Hemmer and his editor, Laura Yao, for their story “National immigration politics take a local toll.” The Georges Award recognizes in-depth reporting on issues of enduring social value and demonstrates the human impact of public policy. For the first time, the competition was open not just to Harvard Crimson reporters, but to all student newspapers participating in the conference.

Swine Flu: Reporting the Story

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:14:08 GMT

Nieman Reports has published a comprehensive resource for journalists about coverage of a pandemic flu. The information comes from a conference held at the Nieman Foundation during the time when the concern about the potential of Avian Flu to evolve into a human flu epidemic was high. Read more »

Ken Armstrong Wins John Chancellor Award

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:40:52 GMT

Seattle Times reporter Ken Armstrong has won a major national award for his more than 20-year reporting career. Armstrong, the recipient of the 2009 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, was selected for the depth and impact of his coverage of the criminal-justice system over his career. Armstrong is a 2001 Nieman Fellow. Read more »

Alfredo Corchado Gets UTEP Alumni Award

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:05:48 GMT

Reporter Alfredo Corchado, the Mexico Bureau chief for the Dallas Morning News, received the 2009 Gold Nugget Award from the University of Texas at El Paso's College of Liberal Arts. Corchado is a 2009 Nieman Fellow. Read more »

Goodbye Without Leaving

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:31:35 GMT

Newspaper editor Lorie Hearn converts her investigative team into a nonprofit—with her former paper, San Diego Union-Tribune, as partner and chief benefactor. Hearn is a 1995 Nieman Fellow. Learn more »

Nieman Foundation Announces 2009-2010 Nieman Fellows

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:08:16 GMT

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected 23 journalists from the United States and abroad to join the 72nd class of Nieman Fellows. The group includes print and multimedia reporters and editors; radio and television journalists; photographers; book authors; a filmmaker and a columnist. Read more »

Veteran Reporter Jon Alpert Wins the 2009 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:06:13 GMT

The Nieman Foundation will present the 2009 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence to Jon Alpert. An investigative reporter, producer and documentary filmmaker whose career has spanned more than 35 years, Alpert has reported on diverse topics ranging from homelessness and health care to post-war Vietnam and criminals in New Jersey. Read more »

Veteran journalist D.P. Kumar dies

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:59:47 GMT

D.P. Kumar, former Resident Editor of The Statesman and former Political Editor for Newstime, died Sunday, Aug. 9. He was a 1966 Nieman Fellow. Read more »

Matching Gift Program for the William Woo Fund

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:41:35 GMT

Martha Shirk, widow of William Woo, Nieman Class of 1967, will match up to $5,000 for any contribution made to the William Woo Internship Fund before the Asian American Journalists Associations 2009 National Convention in Boston, Aug. 12-15. The fund supports scholarships and internships that encourage students to enter the field of journalism. Those interested in supporting the fund may donate online. (Under AAJA National Scholarships & Internships, designate “William Woo Internship Fund.”)

A Chinese-born journalist, Woo become the first Asian American to edit a major American newspaper, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in 1986. After 40 years in the newsroom, Woo went on to teach journalism at Stanford University, where he wrote the book “Letters from the Editor: Lessons on Journalism and Life” for future journalists.