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Janet Heard

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Janet Heard is a 2010 Nieman Fellow for Journalism at Harvard University. You can read her blog at http://www.janetheard.blogspot.com/. She is based at Independent Newspapers in Cape Town, South Africa.

Nelson Mandela, 1918 – 2013

Students at the Melpark Primary School in Johannesburg sing “Happy Birthday” as they celebrate former president Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday. Photo by Denis Farrell/The Associated PressNelson Mandela, the first black…
December 5, 2013

Janet Heard, NF ’10

After her Nieman year, Janet Heard joined the Cape Times as assistant editor, head of news I visited my father, Tony Heard, at Harvard in 1987. About to start my…
September 20, 2013