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{{Short description|Journalism institution at Harvard University}}
[[File:Nieman Foundation logo.svg|thumb|Logo of the Nieman Foundation]]
The '''Nieman Foundation for Journalism''' is the primary journalism institution at [[Harvard University]].
== History ==
It was founded in February 1938 as the result of a $1.4 million bequest by Agnes Wahl Nieman, the widow of [[Lucius W. Nieman]], founder of ''[[The Milwaukee Journal]]''. Scholarships were established for journalists with at least three years' experience to go back to college to advance their work.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 16, 1938 |title=School for Reporters |pages=6 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/187420841 |access-date=October 16, 2022}}</ref> She stated the goal was "to promote and elevate the standards of journalism in the United States and educate persons deemed specially qualified for journalism."<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 29, 1936 |title=Authority to Sell Paper's Stock Asked |pages=2A |work=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/573323312 |access-date=October 16, 2022}}</ref>
==Programs==
=== Nieman Fellows ===
The Nieman Foundation is best known as home to the [[Nieman Fellow]]s, a group of journalists from around the world who come to Harvard for a year of study. Many noted journalists have been Nieman Fellows, including [[John Carroll (actor)|John Carroll]], [[Dexter Filkins]], [[Susan Orlean]], [[Robert Caro]], [[Hodding Carter]], [[Michael Kirk]], [[Alex Jones (journalist)|Alex Jones]], [[Anthony Lewis]], [[Robert Maynard]], [[Allister Sparks]], [[Stanley Forman]], [[Hedrick Smith]], [[Lucia Annunziata]], [[Jonathan Yardley]], [[Philip Meyer]], and [[Huy Duc]]. It is considered the most prestigious fellowship program for journalists; Nieman Fellows have collectively won 101 [[Pulitzer Prizes]].▼
{{Main page|Nieman Fellowship}}
▲The Nieman Foundation is best known as home to the
=== ''Nieman Reports'' ===
The foundation is also the home of '''''Nieman Reports''''', a quarterly journal on journalism issues. The journal was founded in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Nieman Reports |url=https://niemanreports.org/about-nieman-reports/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=Nieman Reports |language=en-US}}</ref>
==== Nieman Watchdog ====
In 2004, the Foundation launched Nieman Watchdog, a website intended to encourage more aggressive questioning of the powerful by news organizations. In 2012 it became a project of ''Nieman Reports''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nieman Watchdog |url=http://niemanwatchdog.org |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=niemanwatchdog.org}}</ref>
=== Nieman Journalism Lab ===
Several prestigious literary or journalism awards are based at the Nieman Foundation. They include three given in connection with the [[Columbia University School of Journalism]]:▼
In 2008, the foundation created the '''Nieman Journalism Lab''', an effort to investigate future models that could support quality journalism.<ref name="Harvard Magazine Nieman Lab">{{cite news |last1=Lambert |first1=Craig |title=Meta-journalism |url=https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2012/05/meta-journalism |access-date=24 December 2022 |work=[[Harvard Magazine]] |date=19 April 2012 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grueskin |first1=Bill |date=July 19, 2021 |title=How a Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s founder |language=en |work=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] |url=https://www.cjr.org/opinion/nieman-lab-lawsuit-joshua-benton-francesca-viola.php |access-date=24 December 2022 |quote="In the thirteen years since it was founded, Harvard University's Nieman Lab has developed a reputation for thoughtful explorations of digital trends in journalism and incisive critiques of how reporters and editors go about their business."}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Forman |first1=Craig I. |author1-link=Craig Forman |date=12 October 2021 |title=Solutions to America's Local Journalism Crisis: Consolidated Literature Review |publisher=[[Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy]] |url=https://shorensteincenter.org/solutions-americas-local-journalism-crisis-consolidated-literature-review/ |access-date=24 December 2022 |quote=At Harvard, in the gray area between academic research and journalism, both Ken Doctor and Joshua Benton have made consistent contributions to the understanding of the changing business of local journalism in the contributions to the Nieman Journalism Lab.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gerova |first1=Veselina |date=8 March 2017 |title=Follow these newsletters by journalists and never miss a thing |language=en |work=[[TNW (website)|TNW]] |url=https://thenextweb.com/news/the-best-newsletters-by-journalists |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>
=== Narrative journalism ===
For several years, ending in 2009, the foundation sponsored the annual Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism,<ref>{{cite web |title=Nieman Foundation |url=http://nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/ProgramsAndPublications/NarrativeJournalism.aspx |website=nieman.harvard.edu}}</ref> the largest conference of its kind, which attracted hundreds of writers, filmmakers, and broadcasters to Boston. The narrative program now consists of a writing seminar for Fellows, and a public website, Nieman Storyboard,<ref>{{cite web |title=Nieman Storyboard |url=http://niemanstoryboard.org/ |website=niemanstoryboard.org}}</ref> which covers storytelling across media. <!-- Additional sources on reputation if needed: -->
==Awards based at Nieman Foundation==
▲Several prestigious literary or journalism awards are based at the Nieman Foundation. They include three given in connection with the [[Columbia University School of Journalism]]:
* The [[J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize]] ($10,000, "recognizes superb examples of nonfiction writing that exemplify literary grace, a commitment to serious research and social concern")
* The [[Mark Lynton History Prize]] ($10,000, awarded to the "book-length work of history, on any subject, that best combines intellectual or scholarly distinction with felicity of expression")
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Other awards based at Nieman include:
* The [[Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Reporting]] ($20,000, "honors investigative reporting of stories of national significance where the public interest is being ill-served")
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==Curators==
The leader of the Nieman Foundation is known as its "curator"
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▲* [[Archibald MacLeish]], 1938-1939
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▲* [[Dwight E. Sargent]] ([[Nieman Fellowship|Nieman Fellow]] class of 1951), 1964-1972
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▲* [[James C. Thomson Jr.]], 1972-1984
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▲* [[Ann Marie Lipinski]] ([[Nieman Fellowship|Nieman Fellow]] class of 1990), 2011 -
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/ Nieman Foundation]
* [http://www.niemanlab.org/ Nieman Journalism Lab]
* [http://www.niemanreports.org/ ''Nieman Reports'']
* [http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/ Nieman Watchdog]
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