Dan Wakefield, a 1964 Nieman Fellow and multitalented writer who worked as a journalist, novelist, essayist and screenwriter, died March 13, 2024, in Miami, Florida. He was 91. During his long and successful career, … Read more
Walter W. “Bill” Meek, a journalist, public relations leader and a Nieman Fellow in the class of 1967, died on March 25, 2024, at the age of 88. A graduate of Lafayette College in Easton, … Read more
Henry Chu, an accomplished reporter and editor whose work has taken him around the globe, has been selected as the deputy curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. In his new role, Chu … Read more
“Stalled Justice,” a Chicago Tribune investigation into the Cook County’s dysfunctional court system in Illinois, is the winner of the 2023 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism. Reported by Joe Mahr and Megan Crepeau, … Read more
Reporter Hannah Dreier’s hard-hitting, meticulously researched New York Time investigation “Alone and Exploited,” is winner of the 2023 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism. In her six-part series, Dreier exposed the staggering scope of America’s hidden migrant child workforce … Read more
Jerry Mitchell, director and co-founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting (MCIR), has been selected as the winner of the 2024 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence in recognition of his exemplary body of … Read more