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Slain Sri Lankan Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge and Afghan Journalists to Receive Louis M. Lyons Award
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The Nieman Foundation will present the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism to slain Sri Lankan newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge and the journalists of Afghanistan on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Nieman Fellows in the Class of 2010 chose the two recipients in recognition of the terrible risks many journalists around the world face in pursuit of their calling. The journalists of Afghanistan are being recognized for their bravery in delivering the news from one of the most dangerous reporting environments in the world. Read more »
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Nieman Foundation Launches Guide to Covering Pandemic Flu
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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 »
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Charlotte Paper Names Stodghill Business Columnist
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Ron Stodghill, a former business journalist with BusinessWeek, Time and The New York Times, has been named a business columnist for the Charlotte Observer. Stodghill is a 2001 Nieman Fellow. Read more »
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Former Gainesville Times editor Bob Campbell dies
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Former longtime Gainesville Times editor Bob Campbell died Sunday, Nov. 8. Campbell—a Navy veteran of World War II and a 1957 Nieman Fellow—worked at The Times from 1971 to 1986, spending the last two years as editorial page editor. He was 88. Read more »
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Fallout: Brookhaven National Lab's Legacy in the Pacific
Follow 50 years of medical treatment received by Marshall Islanders after radiation exposure from a hydrogen bomb, and read about the project's metamorphosis. Read the Narrative Digest for the second part of November »
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Linking watchdog journalism and nonprofit accountability
Nonprofit business models often pop up in our coverage, and in recent weeks we’ve run a series on the relationship between non-governmental organizations and the news ecosystem. But here’s something we’ve only touched on in passing: the decline of investigative journalism and its impact on nonprofit accountability. Read more »
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- Localizing a Washington scoop the (almost) easy way
- Going online for Congressional Research Service reports and hearings transcripts provides a big assist to reporters anywhere in their coverage of Washington, DC, news. Writer Andrew Kreig describes how.
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Let's Talk: Journalism and Social Media
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From blogs to vlogs, Facebook to MySpace, Twitter to Flickr, Delicious to reddit, words and images bounce around the globe, spreading wide and fast. Journalists are adapting to the ever-shifting terrain carved out of these conversations. In the Fall 2009 issue of Nieman Reports they describe changes in how they work and what they produce, explore emerging ethical issues, and propose principles of active engagement.
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FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINES
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New this year! Apply for a Nieman Fellowship using our online application.
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Nieman Foundation Annual Report 2008
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Looking back over 7 decades of Nieman Fellowships, the core purpose of the program hasn't changed, "to promote and elevate the standards of journalism." Nieman Fellows continue to arrive at Harvard with an untarnished commitment to the guiding principles of journalism.
Read more about the last 70 years in our 2008 Annual Report »
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