Harvard Announces Nieman Fellows

By: (AP) Harvard University has named 13 American and 12 international journalists to the 66th class of Nieman Fellows.

The mid-career journalism fellowships, the world's oldest, were established in 1938 by Agnes Wahl Nieman in memory of her husband, Lucius, founder and president of The Milwaukee Journal.

They are awarded for an academic year of study in any school at Harvard. More than 1,000 American and international journalists have been Nieman fellows since the program began.

The American Nieman fellows announced this week are:

* Erin Hoover Barnett, reporter, The Oregonian, Portland

* Carol Bradley, senior writer, Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune

* Alan Cullison, Moscow correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

* Erik Eckholm, Beijing bureau chief, The New York Times

* Indira Lakshmanan, Asia bureau chief, The Boston Globe

* Santiago Lyon, photo editor for Spain and Portugal, The Associated Press

* Laura Meckler, national staff reporter, The Associated Press

* Susan Orlean, staff writer, The New Yorker

* Jodi Rave, Native American beat reporter, The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal-Star

* Ju-Don Marshall Roberts, metro, health and education editor, washingtonpost.com

* Don Schanche Jr., senior reporter, The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph

* David Stern, Caucasus and Central Asia correspondent, Financial Times, London

* Douglas Struck, Tokyo bureau chief, The Washington Post

For more information, visit http://www.nieman.harvard.edu.