The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
awards multiple types of fellowships.
Nieman Fellowships for journalists
A Nieman Fellowship is an award given to journalists by the
Nieman Foundation for Journalism
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University is the primary journalism institution at Harvard. 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 ' ...
at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
. The fellowship is a transformative learning opportunity open to candidates working in all media in every country around the world.
Some two dozen fellowships are awarded annually, half to Americans and half to non-Americans.
As part of each class, specialized fellowships are also available:
*The Nieman-Berkman Fellowship in Journalism Innovation
*The Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism (open to U.S. candidates)
*The Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowships
Additionally, "during years in which a watchdog journalist or investigative reporter from the United States is selected for a fellowship from the general application pool, the Nieman Foundation may offer the Murrey Marder Fellowship in Watchdog Reporting."
The Nieman–Berkman Fellowship in Journalism Innovation
This joint fellowship, awarded for the first time in 2012, is a joint fellowship between the Nieman Foundation and the
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society is a research center at Harvard University that focuses on the study of cyberspace. Founded at Harvard Law School, the center traditionally focused on internet-related legal issues. On May 15, 2008, ...
that is awarded to U.S and international candidates with project proposals related to innovation in journalism.
The Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism
Funded by the Abrams Foundation, the Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism was created in 2018 to bolster deeply reported local and regional news stories in underserved areas throughout the United States. Candidates selected for the fellowship spend two semesters at Harvard and then receive financial support for up to nine months of fieldwork to develop an investigative project that will provide better, more in-depth coverage of issues important to the communities they serve.
The Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowship
Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, this fellowship offers a short-term research opportunity to individuals interested in working on special projects designed to advance journalism in some new way. Candidates need not be practicing journalists, but must demonstrate the ways in which their work at Harvard and the Nieman Foundation may improve the prospects for journalism's future. This may be related to research, programming, design, financial strategies or another topic. Both U.S. and international applicants are invited to apply.
See also
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John S. Knight Fellowship (
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
)
*
Knight–Wallace Fellowship (
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
)
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Knight–Bagehot Fellowship (
Columbia)
References
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External links
Nieman Fellowship application processList of Nieman fellows by year since 1939"The Nieman Fellowships: Reflections from the First Two Women"- essays by Mary Ellen Leary and Charlotte FitzHenry, Niemen Fellows in 1946; published in 1979.
American journalism awards
Harvard University
Journalism fellowships
Scholarships in the United States