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Nieman Notes—1966—Dev P. Kumar, former Editor of TheStatesman in New Delhi, is now afreelance writer. His book, “Kashmir:Return to Democracy,” was publishedby Siddhi Books of India.—1984—Derrick Z. Jackson was a winner inthe Unity Awards in Media competition,sponsored by Missouri’s LincolnUniversity, for the second straight year.The Unity Awards recognize outstandingcoverage of racial issues. Jacksonwon first prize in two categories—bestoverall collection of commentaries andbest single entry. Jackson also took twofirst prizes in the Salute to Excellencejournalism awards, given by the NationalAssociation of Black Journalists.Jackson won in the general commentarycategory for columns on childhood,local politics and the WhiteHouse, and in the sports writing categoryfor columns on racism in sportsand the failure of black athletes to usetheir clout to effect change.Jan Jarboe Russell writes to saythat after four years of work, her biographyof Lady Bird Johnson is finallyout from Scribner’s. “The official publicationdate was July 30, 1999. It’sunauthorized—an independent workof history that describes Johnson’s lifebefore LBJ, during LBJ, and after LBJ.Its title is ‘Lady Bird: A Biography ofMrs. Johnson.’ Early reviews have beengood. We’ll see.“Some of the surprises I discoveredwere how Lady Bird dealt with LBJ’sinfidelities (she befriended her competitorsand even modeled herself afterthem in certain cases) and howaggressive she was in dealing with reporters.During the 1960 campaign,she went to see Jackie Kennedy inHyannis Port and Jackie confided thatshe was at a loss about how to help herhusband during the campaign. Mrs.Johnson told her, ‘If I were you, I’d findone or two reporters and have them inand talk about your home. You coulddo that much.’ Jackie did, and it wasone of the few concrete actions shetook during that campaign. I’d alwayshad the idea that Lady Bird followedJackie around like a little brown wrenor something—in fact, in politics, itwas Lady Bird who took the lead.“I was really happy that George magazineexcerpted one of the chaptersfrom my book about Lady Bird’s 1964train trip through the South in its Augustissue. It was the final issue thatJohn F. Kennedy, Jr. worked on aspublisher. Somehow the link betweenthese two mythic families—theKennedys and the Johnsons—goes onand on, in good times and bad.”—1988—Emily O’Reilly writes: “Greetingsfrom Dublin, Ireland from EmilyO’Reilly and Stephen Ryan. Stephenand I are doing very well. We now havefour children ranging in age from nineto two with another on the way inSeptember. (It’s an Irish Catholic kindof thing.) Stephen is working as designconsultant with The Irish Times andother publications, and I was recentlyappointed Editor of Magill, a currentaffairs magazine. Last year, RandomHouse (U.K.) published my book onthe murdered Irish crime reporter,Veronica Guerin.“We hope to be in Cambridge for thereunion and very much look forwardto seeing everybody again.”— 1991 —Kevin Noblet, Deputy InternationalEditor at The Associated Press, reports:“To my amazement and joy I have beengiven a second opportunity to spend ayear away from the news grind and inacademia. I’ve been appointed ScrippsVisiting Professional at OhioUniversity’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism,where I teach undergraduateclasses, advise faculty and work withstudents at the school’s newspaper.”—1994—Paulo Anunciacao and ChristinaLamb just had a baby. They write,“showing an early ability (not inheritedfrom his parents!) to deliver well beforedeadlines, little Lourenço was born10 weeks premature on July 7 andweighed just 3 lb. 11 oz., but is doingvery well. He arrived just a week afterthe publication of Christina’s latestbook, ‘The Africa House,’ by Viking/Penguin.”It’s been a busy year for Paulo andChristina, who met during their Niemanyear. They moved to London wherePaulo is correspondent for Publico,Portugal’s daily paper, and Christina isdiplomatic correspondent for The SundayTelegraph. They were married inZanzibar in the church whereLivingstone preached against slavery.Anunciacao and Lamb continue, “Theonly moments of doubt came when thepriest asked Paulo to say whether hewas ‘monogamous,’ ‘polygamous’ or‘potentially polygamous’! Our newaddress is: 10A Highbury Grange, LondonN5 2PX, U.K. The telephone andfax number is (171) 359 40 48.”—1995—Marilyn Geewax moved in July tothe Washington bureau of Cox Newspapers,which owns the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.She said that “after10 years of writing opinions, I want toget back to reporting, so I’m headed upto the Cox bureau in Washington, D.C.”Geewax joined the national staff as atechnology reporter. She was at theAtlanta Journal-Constitution since 1985as a business reporter and, more recently,as a member of theConstitution’s editorial board, whereshe focused on technology and theeconomy.—1996—Daniel Ulanovsky left his job asDeputy Editor of Clarin to start up amonthly magazine named “Latido. Unarevista para sentir. Y pensar.” (“Heartbeat.A magazine for feeling. And thinking.”).In a note dated May 29,Ulanovsky wrote:“A cold and rainy Saturday in BuenosAires means a right moment to sit,write and share some news. Let me gosome years back and say that I wassuspecting that a newspaper didn’t pro-Nieman Reports / Fall 1999 81