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Nieman NotesTwo Nieman Fellows Receive 2007 Casey Medals for Meritorious JournalismKen Armstrong, NF ’01, was part ofThe Seattle Times’ team that won aCasey Medal for Meritorious Journalismfor reporting on the story, “FailuresBy State, Caregiver Kept Secretin Child-Rape Case,” in the categoryof single story, 200,000-plus circulation.Ju-Don Marshall Roberts,NF ’04, was part of The WashingtonPost team that won a medal in themultimedia category for “Being aBlack Man.”The contest’s judges say theyhonor work they feel is “masterfullyreported,” telling “compelling storiesthat cut through ‘compassionfatigue’” and that demonstrate “enterpriseand thorough research, andevidence of story impact.”The awards announcement citedArmstrong’s story in this way: “Exhaustiveinvestigation and skilledstorytelling combine in a devastatingaccount of systemic problemswithin Washington’s child welfaresystem. The story goes beyond oneterrible anecdote, giving sweep andlasting impact. It’s an increasinglyrare example of a newspaper investingbrawn and real resources in itswatchdog role.”Roberts’s multimedia site wasdescribed as a one that “makes animportant contribution to racialdialogue in our nation’s capital,integrating a huge amount of materialinto an attractive and navigableinterface that encourages the visitorto sample, browse and dig deep. Thesite offers users a panoply of choicesincluding video presentations, audionarratives, and opinion blogs.”This is the 13th year the awardshave been presented by the CaseyJournalism Center. The recipientswill receive a Casey Medal and $1,000at a ceremony in October in Washington,D.C. an exhibition at the Agathe GaillardGallery in Paris starting on October25th and at the Leica Gallery in NewYork City in February 2008.—2003—Kevin Cullen is now a metro columnistat The Boston Globe. Cullenstarted at the Globe in 1985 and hasbeen a police reporter, street reporter,European correspondent covering Irelandand the war in Kosovo, a memberof the Globe’s Spotlight team and, mostrecently, a projects reporter. He alsowas a part of the investigative teamthat received a Pulitzer Prize for itscoverage of the sexual abuse scandalin the Catholic Church. In the Globe’sannouncement of his appointment,Cullen said, “From the time I beganworking as a street reporter my dreamjob was to be a metro columnist for thenewspaper I grew up reading.”Susan Smith Richardson is nowa senior writer/communications officerfor the MacArthur Foundationin Chicago. She had been the publiceducation and urban affairs editorat the Chicago Tribune. In her newjob, Susan works with program staffto develop publications about thefoundation’s work.—2005—Louise Kiernan is in a new positionas senior editor overseeing staff writingdevelopment at the Chicago Tribune.Kiernan, who has won a Pulitzer Prizeas a reporter and been an editor at thenewspaper, will serve in a variety of newroles. She will be a writing coach, aswell as an occasional projects editor.She will be a journalistic mentor forreporters, whether they cover news orwrite features, and will work closelywith editors in each department to“foster excellent writing in every sectionof the newspaper,” according to aTribune memo announcing her October1st appointment. Every so often herbyline will still appear as she engagesin special reporting projects.—2006—Takashi Oshima graduated in Septemberwith a master’s in Public Administrationfrom the Kennedy Schoolof Government at Harvard University.He will be moving to New York City towork for Fujisankei CommunicationsInternational, an overseas affiliatedcompany of Japanese BroadcastingFuji TV.—2008—Dean Miller, executive editor ofThe Post Register in Idaho Falls, haswon an award for an article he wrotefor Nieman Reports. His article, “ALocal Newspaper Endures a StormyBacklash,” appeared in the Summer2006 issue of the magazine in whichjournalists wrote “On the Subject ofCourage.” In June, Miller traveled toNew York City to attend the MirrorAwards competition ceremony, andthere he received the Mirror Awardfor Best Coverage of Breaking IndustryNews presented by the S.I. NewhouseSchool of Public Communications atSyracuse University. The Mirror Awardscompetition, which took place for thefirst time this year, honors excellencein media industry reporting. Nieman Reports / Fall 2007 105