Gerald M. Boyd

Gerald M. Boyd

male, deceased (2006)
African American, from New York City, New York Times, The New York Times, journalist, pulitzer prize…NiemanFellowship
Gerald Michael Boyd was an American journalist. He was the first African American metropolitan editor and managing editor at "The New York Times"...
Rick Bragg

Rick Bragg

male, 50 years old
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing winner, New York Times, Jonesboro, NiemanFellowship, American Society of Newspaper Editor, Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Rick Bragg (born July 26, 1959 in Piedmont, Alabama) won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1996 for his work at "The New York Times". He...
Thrity Umrigar

Thrity Umrigar

female
Harvard University, University of Mumbai alumni, Indian women writer, NiemanFellowship, immigrate, Kent State University alumni
Thrity Umrigar is an Indian writer, who was born in Mumbai and immigrated to the United States when she was 21. She is a journalist and the author...
Doug Marlette

Doug Marlette

male, deceased (2007)
From Greensboro, North Carolina, charlotte observer, novelist, atlanta journal-constitution, pulitzer prize, Harvard University…NiemanFellowship
Doug Marlette was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist who at the time of his death had also had two novels published and was...
Mary Schmich

Mary Schmich

female
writer, American, Georgia (U.S. state) writer, Arizona writer, columnist, from Chicago…NiemanFellowship
Mary Theresa Schmich is a columnist for the "Chicago Tribune". Born in Savannah, Georgia, the oldest of eight children, Schmich grew up in Georgia,...
Tom Wicker

Tom Wicker

male, 83 years old
New York Times, The New York Times, kennedy, Harvard University, NiemanFellowship, Attica Prison riots
Thomas Grey (Tom) Wicker (born June 18, 1926) is an American journalist. Wicker was born in Hamlet, North Carolina. He is a graduate of the...
Cynthia Tucker

Cynthia Tucker

female
2007 Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Commentary winner, NiemanFellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Doctor of Laws…Nieman Fellow
Cynthia Tucker is an American syndicated columnist, and the editor of the opinion section of "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution". She was recognized...
Emily O'Reilly

Emily O'Reilly

female
Harvard University, NiemanFellowship, University College, Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, ombudsman, Irish Ombudsman
Emily O'Reilly is a former journalist and author who became Ireland's first female Ombudsman in 2003, succeeding Kevin Murphy. She was educated at...
Daniel Samper Pizano

Daniel Samper Pizano

male, 64 years old
Harvard University, Columbia University, novelist, columnist, writer, journalist…NiemanFellowship
Daniel Samper Pizano is a Colombian lawyer, journalist, story-teller, columnist and novelist. He is also known for being brother of former...
Simeon Booker

Simeon Booker

male, 91 years old
Harvard University, jet, ebony magazine, From Youngstown, Ohio, Virginia Union University, Maryland writer…NiemanFellowship
Simeon Booker is an African-American journalist. He was born on August 27, 1918 in Baltimore, Maryland. When he was 5 years old, he moved with his...