Dan Wakefield, NF ’64, edited and annotated the recently published “Kurt Vonnegut: Letters.” Here he reflects on first meeting Vonnegut during his Nieman year and the impact the resulting friendship had on his own writing career Read more
Dave McNeely, NF ’76, on the Emmy Award-winning Larry L. King, NF ’70, co-writer of the hit Broadway musical “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” Read more
1946 Robert Manning, an influential editor of The Atlantic Monthly, died of lymphoma at a hospital in Boston on September 28th. He was 92. Read his obituary from … Read more
From left, prize winners Daniel J. Sharfstein, Jonathan M. Katz, and Sophia Rosenfeld. Jonathan Alter, right, is chairman of the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Committee. Photo by Lisa Abitbol. J. Anthony Lukas’s “Common … Read more
1942 Thomas Sancton, a Southern journalist who wrote articles in the 1940s advocating for racial justice, died at a nursing home in New Orleans on April 6th. He was 97. Read more
When J. Andrew Curliss investigated a district attorney, she attacked his work and his paper. Photo by Lisa Abitbol. To say that the subject of reporter J. Andrew Curliss’s three-part series “Twisted Truth” … Read more
Annual Report Chronicles Foundation’s Growth The past year has been a time of transition and new beginnings for the Nieman Foundation. Bob Giles, NF ’66, retired as Nieman curator, wrapping up … Read more
