75th Anniversary

Larry Tye, NF ’94

Larry Tye, NF ’94

After covering medicine, the environment, and sports at The Boston Globe, Tye now writes books and runs a fellowship program that trains journalists covering health care It was the moment…
Harro Albrecht, NF ’07

Harro Albrecht, NF ’07

A medical writer and editor for the German weekly Die Zeit, Albrecht was one of the Nieman Foundation’s first Global Health Fellows In 2007 I was in Gulu, in northern…

James D. Squires, NF ’71

The former Chicago Tribune editor’s 1993 book “Read All About It!” raised an early alarm about the corporate takeover of U.S. newspapers Like many other young Southern journalists, my passion…
Katherine Fulton, NF ’93

Katherine Fulton, NF ’93

As president of Monitor Institute, Fulton works with business and government leaders to find new approaches to social and technological challenges Shortly after I arrived in Cambridge someone said to…

Pekka Mykkänen, NF ’04

Mykkänen has been a reporter for Helsingin Sanomat since 1995 The story I tell most often is about Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, a former Finnish president who, as a spy…

Harry S. Ashmore, NF ’42

As executive editor of The Arkansas Gazette, Ashmore (1916–1998) was a leading voice against segregation I remember going over to the President’s house. It was a very impressive thing for…
Thomas Sancton, NF ’42

Thomas Sancton, NF ’42

Sancton (1915–2012) wrote about the nascent civil rights movement in the 1940s The award of a Nieman Fellowship in 1941 was a turning point in my father’s life. It sent…
Edwin A. Lahey, NF ’39

Edwin A. Lahey, NF ’39

At the Chicago Daily News, Lahey (1902–1969) used what he learned at Harvard about accounting to investigate an Illinois state auditor; the official landed in prison The Nieman Fellow who…

Jack Bass, NF ’66

As a journalist and history professor, Bass has sought to draw attention to the Orangeburg Massacre Jack Nelson, NF ’62, has written in his posthumously published memoir “Scoop” that professor…
Laura Amico, NF ’13

Laura Amico, NF ’13

Amico founded Homicide Watch D.C. to chronicle every murder committed in the nation’s capital I was nearing the end of my Fellowship year this spring when Wynton Marsalis played at…