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Robert A. Caro, NF ’66

Robert A. Caro, NF ’66

Caro’s interest in understanding Robert Moses took on a new urgency as he sat in an urban planning course at Harvard. The result was “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and…
September 27, 2013
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,…
September 24, 2013

Larry L. King, NF ’70

King (1929–2012) had a wide range, from “Confessions of a White Racist,” nominated for a National Book Award, to the Playboy article that inspired “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”…
September 24, 2013

Harvard Meets the Press

This piece was originally published in the Spring 1989 issue of Nieman Reports Louis Lyons, star reporter, pioneer newscaster, member of the first class of Nieman Fellows, and Curator of…
September 24, 2013
A Gift Beyond Measure

A Gift Beyond Measure

As I prepared to begin my tour as curator during the summer of 2000, I worked at framing a vision of how the Nieman Foundation might build on its legacy…
September 24, 2013
The Nieman Factor

The Nieman Factor

The world’s most famous physicist was, on September 9, 1920, just another press critic: “Like the man in the fairy-tale who turned everything he touched into gold,” groused Albert Einstein…
September 24, 2013
1939: Dinners

1939: Dinners

In an interview published in the 1986 book, “Archibald MacLeish: Reflections,” the Foundation’s first curator described the origins of the regular Nieman dinners, which eventually evolved into seminars and, ultimately,…
September 20, 2013

Kabral Blay-Amihere, NF ’91

In Accra, Ghana, presidential election results are posted on a scoreboard. David Guttenfelder/Associated Press Having edited a number of publications in Ghana and led journalist organizations, Blay-Amihere is now chairman…
September 20, 2013
Kabral Blay-Amihere, NF ’91

Kabral Blay-Amihere, NF ’91

Having edited a number of publications in Ghana and led journalist organizations, Blay-Amihere is now chairman of the National Media Commission of Ghana My last job before arriving in Cambridge…
September 20, 2013
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…
September 19, 2013