Tag: Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

  • Arts & Culture

    The center of the world

    Gwen Thompkins celebrates the music of her home state every week on her comprehensive and joyful radio show.

    4 minutes
    Collage of map of Louisiana and photo of Gwen Thompkins
  • Nation & World

    Raising Voices

    Benny Becker is leading media workshops in Appalachia to help turn the volume up on often-overlooked people and stories.

    8 minutes
    A collage with pics of West Virginia, a pic of Benny hiking, all on a map of West Virginia
  • Nation & World

    Writing wrongs

    Laura Pérez Sánchez was awarded a journalism fellowship that allowed her to thoroughly report on Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria recovery efforts.

    3 minutes
    Collage of map and images of Puerto Rico and photo of Laura Pérez Sánchez
  • Arts & Culture

    Harvard’s gates, on the screen

    The Nieman Foundation’s first e-book explores the history, mystery, and magic of the gates surrounding Harvard Yard.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Bright future for news business

    “It’s important we focus on the future, not the past,” warned Richard Gingras, head of news products for Google. “We can’t reverse time.” Gingras came to the Nieman Journalism Lab Friday not as doomsayer from Silicon Valley to predict the demise of the news business, but rather to foresee a bright future.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Sorting immigration facts, fiction

    A conference on “The Futures of Immigration: Scholars and Journalists in Dialogue” brought together academics and working reporters to hash out immigration topics such as the law, economics, and the future impact of the new arrivals’ children on U.S. labor markets and culture.

    6 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    New leader of Nieman Foundation

    Ann Marie Lipinski, former editor of the Chicago Tribune, has been named curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. She succeeds longtime Nieman curator Bob Giles.

    3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    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.

    1 minute
  • Campus & Community

    Harvard and Banco Santander announce letter of intent

    Harvard University and Banco Santander announced a letter of intent today that will enable Harvard to support master’s candidates and visiting fellows from China through participation in Banco Santander’s Marco Polo Program.

    2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    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.

    2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    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.

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