Nieman Reports
Summer-Fall 2013
75th Anniversary Issue

As she lay dying, the widow of a Milwaukee newspaper editor made a gift that has now invigorated journalism for 75 years. Agnes Wahl Nieman, a well-educated woman with a fondness for bicycling, willed money to Harvard to “promote and elevate the standards of journalism.” That $1.4 million bequest (worth about $23 million in today’s dollars) funded the Nieman Fellowship program that has brought 1,442 journalists from around the world to Harvard for a year of study. To celebrate the Nieman Foundation for Journalism’s 75th anniversary, Nieman Reports tells the stories of 75 Nieman Fellows, among them pioneers in biography, documentary filmmaking, and investigative journalism.
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Nieman Moments
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Paul Salopek, NF ’12
By Paul Salopek
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Gene Roberts, NF ’62
By Gene Roberts
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Philip Meyer, NF ’67
By Philip Meyer
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A.B. Guthrie Jr., NF ’45
By A.B. Guthrie Jr.
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Mary Ellen Leary, NF ’46
By Mary Ellen Leary
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Lorie Hearn, NF ’95
By Lorie Hearn
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Larry L. King, NF ’70
By Larry L. King
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Mary Schmich, NF ’96
By Mary Schmich
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Morton Mintz, NF ’64
By Morton Mintz
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Geneva Overholser, NF ’86
By Geneva Overholser
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Anne Hull, NF ’95
By Anne Hull
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Ellen Goodman, Patricia O’Brien, NF ’74
By Ellen Goodman and Patricia O'Brien
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Mike Pride, NF ’85
By Mike Pride
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Tim Giago, NF ’91
By Tim Giago
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H.Y. Sharada Prasad, ’56
By Ravi Prasad and Sanjiva Prasad
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Robert A. Caro, NF ’66
By Robert A. Caro
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Robert Drew, NF ’55
By Robert Drew
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Hong Qu, NF ’13
By Hong Qu
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H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger, NF ’86
By Buzz Bissinger
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Katie King, NF ’94
By Katie King
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Rosental Calmon Alves, NF ’88
By Rosental Calmon Alves
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Doug Marlette, NF ’81
By Mark F. Ethridge III
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Jerome Aumente, NF ’68
By Jerome Aumente
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Gene Weingarten, NF ’88
By Gene Weingarten
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Amy Ellis Nutt, NF ’05
By Amy Ellis Nutt
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David Skok, NF ’12
By David Skok
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Laura Amico, NF ’13
By Laura Amico
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Simeon Booker, NF ’51
By Simeon Booker
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Jack Bass, NF ’66
By Jack Bass
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Thomas Sancton, NF ’42
By Tom Sancton Jr.
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Edwin A. Lahey, NF ’39
By Louis M. Lyons
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Harry S. Ashmore, NF ’42
By Harry S. Ashmore
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Pekka Mykkänen, NF ’04
By Pekka Mykkänen
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Murrey Marder, NF ’50
By Murrey Marder
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Katherine Fulton, NF ’93
By Katherine Fulton
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James D. Squires, NF ’71
By James D. Squires
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William J. Lederer, NF ’51
By William J. Lederer
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Harro Albrecht, NF ’07
By Harro Albrecht
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Gary Knight, NF ’10
By Gary Knight
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Larry Tye, NF ’94
By Larry Tye
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Hedrick Smith, NF ’70
By Hedrick Smith
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John Carroll, NF ’72
By John Carroll
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Harold Hayes, NF ’59
By Harold Hayes
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Tony Heard, NF ’88
By Tony Heard
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Janet Heard, NF ’10
By Janet Heard
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Josef Tucek, NF ’97
By Josef Tucek
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Percy Qoboza, NF ’76
By Percy Qoboza
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Gustavo Gorriti, NF ’86
By Gustavo Gorriti
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Victor K. McElheny, NF ’63
By Victor K. McElheny
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Patricia S. Guthrie, NF ’96
By Patricia S. Guthrie
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I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr., NF ’86
By I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr.
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Daniel Ulanovsky, NF ’96
By Daniel Ulanovsky
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Dorothy Wickenden, NF ’89
By Dorothy Wickenden
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Atsuko Chiba, NF ’68
By Atsuko Chiba
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Raul Peñaranda, NF ’08
By Raul Peñaranda
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William Marimow, NF ’83
By William Marimow
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Beth Macy, NF ’10
By Beth Macy
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Michael J., NF ’68, and Pippa Green, NF ’99
By Pippa Green
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Tom Regan, NF ’92
By Tom Regan
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Richard, NF ’56, and John Harwood, NF ’90
By John Harwood
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María Cristina Caballero, NF ’97
By María Cristina Caballero
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János Horvát, NF ’76
By János Horvát
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Robert C., NF ’66, and Dori Maynard, NF ’93
By Dori J. Maynard
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Howard Berkes, NF ’98
By Howard Berkes
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Alice Bonner, NF ’78
By Alice Bonner
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George de Lama, NF ’92
By George de Lama
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Kabral Blay-Amihere, NF ’91
By Kabral Blay-Amihere
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Margaret Engel, NF ’79
By Margaret Engel
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Ed Williams, NF ’73
By Ed Williams
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Fletcher P. Martin, NF ’47
By Peter Nieman Martin Sr.
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Sunday Dare, NF ’01
By Sunday Dare
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Pablo Corral Vega, NF ’11
By Pablo Corral Vega
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Ying Chan, NF ’96
By Ying Chan
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Anthony, NF ’57, and David Lewis, NF ’94
By David Lewis
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“Whatever it is you’re here for, get on with it”
By Jeb Sharp
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- Ann Marie Lipinski
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- James Geary
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- Jan Gardner
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- Jonathan Seitz
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- Stacy Sweat Designs
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- Kerrie Kemperman
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- Natalie Blosser, Kimberly French, Tara W. Merrigan, Anja Nilsson, Elizabeth Pike, Amanda Rodrigues, Alexandra Stote, Damia S. Towns, Zohra Yaqhubi, and Harvard University Archives
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- June Carolyn Erlick