Word: sargent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sargent continues to run the program much as Lyons did. He meets his day-to-day responsibility of arranging Nieman seminars, a major feature of the program since 1938, but he finds little time for innovations. He also spends several hours a day recruiting men and money for a $1.2 million Nieman fund drive now underway...
...seminars are a formal part of the Nieman year, and "attendance is expected," according to one Fellow. Sargent usually plays it safe when choosing a speaker. Since the only thing the Fellows have in common is their profession, a safe choice for a seminar usually means another journalist or a government, history, or law professor...
...About 60 to 80 per cent of them are in the field of public affairs," Sargent said, "because that's what the Niemans are most interested in. However, a Nieman year is more than just learning about history and government. It's learning about your own profession...
...Sargent's conception of the Nieman year makes Harvard little more than a library for journalistic research. Most of the Fellows seem to take his cue. According to the prospectus issued by the University News Office, 10 of the 13 Nieman Fellows for 1965-66 plan to concentrate their most serious study this year in their own fields of reporting. Three of the six Associate (or foreign) Nieman Fellows are coming to Harvard to study their own countries...
Maynard does not go along with Sargent's conception of the Nieman year. "This is not a workshop for discussing how you do your job," he said. Maynard has not treated his year as such, and unlike most of his Nieman classmates, he has explored the breadth of Harvard...