Tag: Journalism
-
Nation & World
Finalists named for Goldsmith Prize
Six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting have been announced by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.
-
Nation & World
Journalism society awards Harvard Crimson
The Society of Professional Journalists named The Harvard Crimson the national winner in the editorial writing category as part of its Mark of Excellence competition.
-
Nation & World
The promise of journalism
New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Rich ’71 receives the Goldsmith Career Award and suggests good days are still ahead for significant, game-changing journalism.
-
Nation & World
New York Times columnist wins Goldsmith
New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Rich will receive the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism as part of the annual Goldsmith Awards Ceremony.
-
Nation & World
Max R. Hall, writer and editor, 100
Max R. Hall, a former journalist, writer, teacher of writing, and scholarly book editor, died in Cambridge on Jan. 12 at 100 years of age. Until his retirement, Hall was editor at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, social sciences editor at Harvard University Press, and editorial adviser at Harvard Business School.
-
Nation & World
Shorenstein Center announces spring fellows
The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, has announced five spring fellows.
-
Nation & World
Deadline looms for two HMS fellowships
Two fellowships in Harvard Medical School’s media fellowship program are open for applications from reporters.
-
Nation & World
Working with WikiLeaks
In the age of WikiLeaks and other web whistleblowers, traditional journalists still have an important role to play in publishing government secrets in an effective and responsible way, said Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times. He was joined at the Nieman Foundation on Dec. 16 by a group of concerned journalists and…
-
Nation & World
The bad news on Afghanistan
In a talk at Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies, Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh said he was disappointed in the Obama administration’s approach to Afghanistan and criticized U.S. journalists for not being aggressive enough in their coverage of American foreign policy.
-
Nation & World
Halberstam honored with square
A square at the intersection of Linden, Bow, and Mt. Auburn streets has been named in honor of the late David L. Halberstam ’55, a journalist who wrote for The Harvard Crimson as an undergraduate.
-
Nation & World
U.S. grants visa to journalist and Nieman fellow
The U.S. State Department has reversed its decision to deny a visa to leading Colombian journalist Hollman Morris. He is now free to travel to the United States, where he will begin a yearlong fellowship at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
-
Nation & World
Craig R. McCoy wins 2010 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence
Craig R. McCoy, an investigative reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer, has won the 2010 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence.
-
Nation & World
Nieman Foundation for Journalism announces fellows for 2011
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected 25 journalists from the United States and abroad to join the 73rd class of Nieman Fellows. The group includes journalists who work in print, radio, television, photography, and online.
-
Nation & World
Harvard Gazette uses QR codes as gateway to mobile web portals
The Harvard Gazette has redesigned its mobile version of the Gazette Online, providing QR codes in the most recent print issues of the paper.
-
Nation & World
Lukas Prize Project Awards announced for 2010
The Nieman Foundation at Harvard and Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism recently announced this year’s recipients of the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards for exceptional nonfiction.
-
Nation & World
Chicago Tribune wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers
The Chicago Tribune has won the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for “Clout Goes to College,” its evenhanded and thorough investigation of improper influence peddling in the admissions process at the University of Illinois.
-
Nation & World
David Fanning to receive the Goldsmith Career Award
David Fanning, executive producer of “Frontline,” will be recognized for his distinguished broadcast journalism career by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy on March 23 at the Harvard Kennedy School.
-
Nation & World
Nieman Foundation awards Worth Bingham Prize to Raquel Rutledge
Raquel Rutledge, from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, has been chosen as winner of the Nieman Foundation’s Worth Bingham Prize, awarded annually to honor investigative reporting of stories of national significance where the public interest is being ill-served.
-
Nation & World
Class Day speaker chosen
Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent with CNN and anchor of the daily interview program “Amanpour,” has been selected as the 2010 Senior Class Day speaker.
-
Nation & World
Not afraid to switch focus
IT technician Jeff Mayes tries and masters new fields, from computers to photography.
-
Nation & World
Shorenstein Center announces fellows and visiting faculty for spring 2010
The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, located at the Harvard Kennedy School, recently announced four spring fellows for 2010.
-
Nation & World
Shorenstein Center announces Goldsmith winners and finalists
The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) has announced two winners of the Goldsmith Books Prize and six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.
-
Nation & World
HSPH honors The New York Times
The Harvard School of Public Health’s (HSPH) Center for Health Communication honored The New York Times at a luncheon event at the Harvard Club of New York City on Dec. 4 for “distinguished journalism in public health.”
-
Nation & World
In the footsteps of Du Bois
Eight receive W.E.B. Du Bois Medals for aiding African-American culture, including Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Hugh M. “Brother Blue” Hill, Vernon Jordan, Daniel and Joanna S. Rose, Shirley M. Tilghman, Bob Herbert, and Frank H. Pearl.
-
Nation & World
Nieman Foundation presents 2009 conscience and integrity award
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard presented 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 Nov. 17.
-
Nation & World
The future of news
Experts in print, television, and the social media look at the troubled present of news, and peer ahead at its future.
-
Nation & World
How-to guide for flu coverage
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard launched a comprehensive online guide to covering pandemic flu.
-
Nation & World
Jon Alpert wins 2009 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard will present the 2009 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence to veteran reporter Jon Alpert.