Niemans in the News

Friday, September 14, 2007

Iraqis React to Petraeus Testimony

Hear from Iraqis living in America about their reaction to a week of congressional testimony on Iraq by General David Petraeus and US Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker. Abdul Razzaq al-Saiedi, Class of 2008, who worked for the New York Times in Baghdad, offers his commentary.

Listen to the audio stream on wbur.org.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Anthony Day dies at 74

Anthony Day, a longtime editorial page editor of The Los Angeles Times who helped transform the paper into a respected voice in national affairs, died Sunday at a hospice in Santa Fe, N.M. He was a member of the Class of 1967.
Monday, September 03, 2007

Yoichi Funabashi is named editor-in-chief of Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo

Yoichi Funabashi, Class of 1976, has been named editor-in-chief of Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo. He is the third editor-in-chief in the newspaper's 130-year history. Asahi Shimbun has a circulation of 12 million and is Japan's largest paper.

Funabashi was a correspondent for the paper in Beijing and then in Washington, and later served as American General Bureau Chief. He has been a visiting fellow at the Institute for International Economics and a Distinguished Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution.
Thursday, August 30, 2007

Media Often Remain Mum on Politicians' Sexuality

There are few things newspapers will refuse to print, but the mainstream media — including network news and NPR — still refrain from disclosing the sexual orientation of a gay legislator. Will the news of Sen. Larry Craig's arrest force a change in policy? Dean Miller, Class of 2008, provides his opinion for this piece.

Listen to the audio stream on npr.org.
Friday, August 24, 2007

Sheryl McCarthy to Join Queens College

Columnist Sheryl McCarthy, Class of 1996, will join the Queens College Journalism Department as Distinguished Lecturer. “One of the things I hope to do is give more students greater exposure to accomplished working journalists so they can learn what it’s like to work in the business and how journalists view their function in society,” McCarthy said.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Mainstream to Ethnic Media — A New Career Direction

A steady stream of mainstream journalists are moving to, and in some cases moving back to, ethnic media. Evelyn Hernandez, Class of 2007, was one of the journalists interviewed who made an unusual mid-career transition, leaving behind general-interest media for newspapers, magazines, websites and broadcast outlets oriented to their racial or ethnic groups.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Locating and Financing the Next Newsroom

Bob Giles, Class of 1966 and Nieman Foundation Curator, participated in this breakout session from the Journalism That Matters event held Aug. 8, 2007, at The George Washington University.
Friday, August 03, 2007

Joe Thloloe made Press Ombudsman

Veteran journalist Joe Thloloe, Class of 1989, has been appointed the new Press Ombudsman for South Africa. "The key issue for me is that it's designed to uphold the highest standards in journalism," Thloloe said.
Sunday, July 15, 2007

The Man From Jet

Simeon Booker, Class of 1951, was the man from Ebony and Jet magazines, which meant, in a symbolic manner, beginning in the 1950s, he was the man from Negro and black America with a press pass.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Cartoonist Doug Marlette Dies in Car Accident

North Carolina-born Doug Marlette, who won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1988 and was a member of the Class of 1981, died Tuesday morning in a single-car accident in northwest Mississippi. He was 57.