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Mother of Invention

Mother of Invention

The untold story of Agnes Wahl Nieman, her will, and the creation of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
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…
The Nieman Factor

The Nieman Factor

The Nieman Fellowship’s evolution from “dubious experiment” to transformative experience

Things in Threes

A ballpark, a boat, and a freezing, windswept ramp outside the old Boston Garden: things in threes, as the nuns used to say. I started my career as a reporter…
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…
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,…

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”…
1939: Dinners

1939: Dinners

"Getting conversation going"
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…
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 given…