Articles

Morton Mintz, NF ’64

An investigative reporter for The Washington Post, Mintz broke the story of the birth defects associated with thalidomide I owe to Louis Lyons the marvelous experience of a Nieman year.…
Mary Ellen Leary, NF ’46

Mary Ellen Leary, NF ’46

One of the first two female Niemans, Leary (1913–2008) covered politics in California for half a century Learning in the Nieman environment was wider than the campus limits. But the…
1945: Writing Courses

1945: Writing Courses

Fiction instructor Anne Bernays and nonfiction instructor Paige Williams, NF ’97, recall how the Nieman writing courses got started in 1945 and 1998Signing on to teach crack journalists how to…
Anthony, NF ’57, and David Lewis, NF ’94

Anthony, NF ’57, and David Lewis, NF ’94

David Lewis was the first CNN employee to receive a Nieman and has worked throughout the broadcast news business. His father, Anthony Lewis, who died in March of this year,…
Ed Williams, NF ’73

Ed Williams, NF ’73

After being hired for his first reporting job by W. Hodding Carter III, NF ’66, Williams spent 25 of his 35 years at The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer as editor of…
Sunday Dare, NF ’01

Sunday Dare, NF ’01

As editor of The News magazine during a brutal regime in the 1990s, Dare risked his life to report on corruption and other problems in Nigeria During my Nieman year,…
George de Lama, NF ’92

George de Lama, NF ’92

During 30 years at the Chicago Tribune, de Lama opened three bureaus in Latin America and rose through the ranks from reporter to foreign correspondent to managing editor for news…
Raul Peñaranda, NF ’08

Raul Peñaranda, NF ’08

The former editor in chief of the Bolivian daily Página Siete, Peñaranda is a fierce proponent of press freedom. To produce a series called “Journey to the Heart of Bolivia,”…
Tony Heard, NF ’88

Tony Heard, NF ’88

Heard, an opponent of government press restrictions, was fired in 1987 after 16 years as editor of South Africa’s Cape Times My Nieman stint was a godsend in a career…
I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr., NF ’86

I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr., NF ’86

As co-founder, publisher and editor of Panama’s independent newspaper La Prensa, I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr. faced physical and economic danger under the regimes of Omar Torrijos and Manuel Antonio Noriega.…