Bernard D. Nossiter '47 Lecture

Established by the Nossiter family in 1994 in honor of Bernard D. Nossiter '47 and his contributions to journalism, the fund supports lectures by Harvard University's Nieman Fellows to be held at Dartmouth College under the auspices of the Rockefeller Center.

Past Nossiter Lecturers

2023
"How I Became a Journalist and What I Need to Survive"
Fahim Abed

Independent Journalist from Afghanistan, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2022
"Covering American Democracy: It's Not a Game (At Least It Shouldn't Be)"
Bill Barrow

National Politics Reporter, The Associated Press, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2021
"Fact-Based Journalism in an Age of Suspicion"
Alissa Johannsen Rubin

International Correspondent, The New York Times, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2020
"After the Coronavirus: China and the U.S."
Lucy Hornby

Deputy Bureau Chief, Financial Times, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2019
"Truth Is Our Math. How to Rebuild Trust in Media When the Society Is Polarized"
Sevgil Musaieva

Editor-in-Chief, Ukrayinska Pravda, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2018
"A Second Suffrage: How Women Are Remaking American Politics in the Trump Era"
Lisa Lerer

National Political Reporter, The Associated Press, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2017
"Disrupted Discourse: Political Polarization, Propaganda, and the Fragility of Democracy"
Karin Pettersson

Political Editor-in-Chief, Aftonbladet, Nieman-Berkman Fellow in Journalism Innovation, Neiman Fellow at Harvard University

2016
"Chemical Nation: How Americans Became Guinea Pigs in a Vast, Haphazard Chemistry Experiment"
Mariah Blake

Murrey Marder Nieman Fellow in Watchdog Journalism at Harvard University

2015
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Europe in Crisis" 
Henry Chu

London Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2014
"Pop-Up Learning: How Technology is Changing and Challenging College" 
Jeffrey R. Young

Editor and Writer on Technology Issues and the Future of Education at The Chronicle of Higher Education; Louis Stark Nieman Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism; Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University

2013
"Observations about the World after the Arab Spring" 
Souad Mekhennet

German journalist, The New York Times, Der Spiegel, and ZDF (German television); 2013 Barry Bingham Jr. Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2012
"The Fine Line between Science and Politics" 
Samiha Shafy

Science Writer for Der Spiegel, International Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2011
"Uprising in Egypt and Iran, Similarities and Differences"
Nazila Fathi

Foreign Correspondent, New York Times; Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2010
"Stuff Them or Shoot Them? - The Future of The Foreign Correspondent" 
James Reynolds

BBC Foreign Correspondent, Neiman Fellow at Harvard University

2009
"What the Middle East Policy under President Obama Should Look Like" 
Scheherezade Faramarzi

Middle East Correspondent, The Associated Press, Neiman Fellow at Harvard University

2008
"Reflections on Reporting the Middle East" 
Simon Wilson

Middle East Bureau Chief, BBC News, Neiman Fellow at Harvard University

2007 
Anja Niedringhaus

Photographer, The Associated Press, Neiman Fellow at Harvard University

2006
Charles Sennott

Former Bureau Chief for Europe and Middle East for The Boston Globe, Neiman Fellow at Harvard University

2005
Richard Chacon

Deputy Foreign Editor, The Boston Globe, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2004
"Repercussions of War Crime Tribunals in Rwanda and Sierra Leone"
Thierry Cruvellier

Co-founder of Diplomatie Judiciare, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2003 
"The 2000 Census and Reshaping America" 
David Dahl

St. Petersburg (FL) TimesNieman Fellow at Harvard University

2002
"Civil Liberties in Developing Countries: The Impact of the War on Terrorism"
Owais Aslam Ali

Secretary General of the Pakistan Press Foundation, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2001
Ken Armstrong

Chicago Tribune Legal Affairs Writer, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University

2000
Mary Kay Magistad

National Public Radio's Southeast Asia correspondentNieman Fellow at Harvard University