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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
1939: Dinners

1939: Dinners

"Getting conversation going"
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
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…
September 19, 2013

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…
September 18, 2013
Ellen Goodman, Patricia O'Brien, NF ’74

Ellen Goodman, Patricia O’Brien, NF ’74

Through her syndicated column, Goodman brought her feminist concerns to newspapers across the nation. O’Brien, a longtime political reporter, drew on her old beat when she started writing novels Until…
September 12, 2013