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...Even the Nieman Report seems to have noticed. In the Spring 2001 issue, Robert Jensen reviews legendary journalist Arthur Rowse’s latest book, “Drive-By Journalism: The Assault on Your Need to Know.” Rowse, according to Jensen, bemoans the increasingly self-interested behavior of American media, which he sees as paradigmatic of the replacement of “citizen democracy” by “corporate democracy.” Nonetheless, Rowse’s proposed societal reforms all center on the media itself. “When it comes...
...Varmus's wife, journalist and book reviewer Constance L. Casey, who brought him back to Cambridge after almost 30 years as a professor in San Francisco. While she spent a year at Harvard as Nieman fellow in 1988-1989, the Varmuses rented a house on Francis Avenue, prime real estate just a block away from the University...
Kirstin D. Grimley, a Nieman fellow and Washington Post staff writer, said that the candidates had all but ignored certain regulatory issues, such as minor changes in the tax code, which could have a disproportionate effect on women. For example, there has been discussion of lengthening the 40-hour work week and changing the definition of an independent contractor...
Still, the Nieman appointment causes us to wonder where Harvard places its priorities. No formal search committee was convened to evaluate the candidates. Protests over Giles' candidacy delayed the formal announcement by three weeks, but seemed to prompt little more than one extra meeting session after the decision was virtually made. And we are troubled that Harvard has made the decision to cuddle up to the Gannett media empire...
...Anyone with even a whiff of disagreement with Giles ended up getting handed his head," said Mike Meyers, a 1987 Nieman fellow who worked with Giles in Rochester...