75th Anniversary

Dorothy Wickenden, NF ’89

Dorothy Wickenden, NF ’89

Executive editor of The New Yorker since 1996, Wickenden wrote “Nothing Daunted,” the tale of her grandmother and a friend who left lives of privilege in 1916 to teach the…

Daniel Ulanovsky, NF ’96

Ulanovsky was inspired by his Nieman year to foster journalism that is intensely personal I had a good job with one of the most widely read Spanish-language newspapers in the…
Patricia S. Guthrie, NF ’96

Patricia S. Guthrie, NF ’96

Guthrie, a freelance journalist based in Seattle, found inspiration in the voice of the Rev. Peter J. Gomes I don’t remember the exact words on the sign, only that the…

Victor K. McElheny, NF ’63

A veteran author of books and articles about science and technology, McElheny worked at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research center with ties to several Nobel Prize winners, before arriving…
Gustavo Gorriti, NF ’86

Gustavo Gorriti, NF ’86

For his reporting on the Peruvian government, Gorriti was forced into exile. He didn’t fare much better in Panama, where he angered the government with more reporting on corruption As…
Gary Knight, NF '10

Gary Knight, NF ’10

A photojournalist, Knight has covered conflicts throughout the world. He is a co-founder of VII Photo Agency and the Angkor Photo WorkshopsI arrived at Harvard after spending 20 years photographing…

Percy Qoboza, NF ’76

After his return to South Africa, Qoboza (1938–1988) was detained and held for five months. The South African government shut down two black newspapers he edited, The World and The…
Josef Tucek, NF ’97

Josef Tucek, NF ’97

After his Nieman year, Tucek returned to work at Mlada fronta Dnes in Prague, creating the paper’s first science section The Nieman Fellowship changed me in so many ways; it’s…

John Carroll, NF ’72

After covering the Vietnam War, Carroll was editor of The Baltimore Sun, the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, and the Los Angeles Times, the latter of which won 13 Pulitzers during Carroll’s…
Hedrick Smith, NF ’70

Hedrick Smith, NF ’70

A member of the team that won a Pulitzer for reporting on the Pentagon Papers, Smith has had a major presence on PBS with his Frontline investigations As a reporter…