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Michael Riley to head The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc. has named Michael G. Riley, NF ’95, as its CEO and editor in chief. He’ll oversee the weekly newspaper The Chronicle of Higher Education, the biweekly Chronicle of Philanthropy, Arts & Letters Daily and a number of specialized websites. Riley was hired from the Washington-based Bloomberg Government, where he served as editorial director. Earlier in his career, Riley worked as correspondent for Time magazine and created one of the first national political websites, allpolitics.com, in a joint venture of Time and CNN. Riley also was editor of The Roanoke Times for eight years before joining the Congressional Quarterly as editor and senior vice president. He holds a master's degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Learn more »

Nieman Fellows selected for class of 2014

The Nieman Foundation has selected 24 journalists as fellows in the class of 2014, the 76th cohort to study at Harvard since the foundation’s founding in 1938. The group includes reporters, editors, columnists, photographers, digital media leaders and producers in print, broadcast and online who work around the globe and across media platforms.

Announcing the class, Nieman Foundation Curator Ann Marie Lipinski said, “They are extraordinary journalists who have much to offer each other and the broader Harvard community interested in the future of journalism. As Nieman celebrates its 75th year, it is exciting to witness the ways in which these fellows are working to uphold journalism’s highest standards while focused on innovations for radically shifting audiences, technologies, and business models. We look forward to working with them all.”

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