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Nieman Notes‘Prime Time Crime: Balkan Media inWar and Peace,’ published in March2003 by USIP Press. The book, translatedand published by the SarajevobasedMedia Center, has been wellreceived by the professional communityand the general public in Bosnia,Croatia and Serbia-Montenegro, includingbook events in Sarajevo, Zagreb,and Belgrade.” The award was presentedto Kurspahic in October inVienna.—2000—Laura Lynch is now based in Londonas the European correspondentfor CBC News. Her assignment beganon November 9th.—2002—Michele McLellan will be leading aproject, “Tomorrow’s Workforce,” toconduct research and then developways to improve midcareer training forjournalists. The project, which will bebased at the Medill School of Journalismat Northwestern University, isfunded by a $2.2 million, four-yeargrant awarded to Medill by the John S.and James L. Knight Foundation. Thegrant is a part of the foundation’s larger,$10 million initiative to “improve existingjournalism training and to increasethe news industry’s investment in professionaldevelopment.” McLellan, aformer editor at The Oregonian andprimary author of “The NewspaperCredibility Handbook,” will researchthe project by visiting newsroomsacross the country and talking withpeople on both the corporate and editorialsides of newsrooms.McLellan said in the press releaseannouncing the project: “Effective trainingcould impact newsroom cultures.Research has shown that good staffdevelopment contributes to higheremployee retention.”The Knight Foundation learned in arecent study that eight out of 10 journalistsand nine out of 10 executivesexpressed a need for further professionaldevelopment. The $10 millioninitiative was created as a response tothat need.—2004—Erin Hoover Barnett, a reporter atThe Oregonian, won second place inDistinguished Feature Writing in the2003 C.B. Blethen Memorial Awardsfor the story of a father and son’s relationshipafter the father gravely injuredthe son in a logging accident in theirOregon family logging business. Thejudge said: “The reporter has done anexcellent job of stepping back from thestory and letting the drama unfold.Through her well-paced writing, shegives the reader a glimpse of the strongbut silent connections between fatherand son both before and after such atragic accident. The vivid writingcoupled with sensitive storytellingmake this father-son tale unforgettable.It is the ultimate story of forgiveness.”The Blethen Award was named aftera former publisher of the Seattle Timesand this year involved 129 newspapersin at least five western states.Jodi Rave Lee, Native American beatreporter for the Lincoln Journal Star-Lee Enterprises, received top awardsin September at the Nebraska AssociatedPress contest for her “BrokenTrust” series. The Journal Star editorsaccepted the first place award in the“enterprise reporting” category. Sincethe three-part series was published infall 2002, it has also netted first placerecognition from the Native AmericanJournalists Association. Additionally,Rave Lee received the Thomas C.Sorensen Award and $2,000 for theseries from the University of NebraskaSchool of Journalism. The series willalso be featured in a journalism textbookbeing compiled by the ColumbiaUniversity Graduate School of Journalismdue out by fall 2004.The “Broken Trust” series unraveledthe complexities surrounding theU.S. Interior Department’s handling ofbillions of dollars belonging to NativeAmerican landowners. Earned incomecame from mineral, timber and landleases from reservation allotmentsacross the country. The series rosefrom a 1996 class-action suit that was“one of the most complicated pieces oflitigation in federal court history.” ■U.S. Postal ServiceStatement of OwnershipManagement and CirculationTitle of publication: Nieman Reports.Publication no. USPS 430-650. Dateof filing 10/29/03. Frequency of issue:Quarterly. No. of issues publishedannually: 4. Annual subscriptionprice: $20. Complete mailingaddress of known office of publication:One Francis Avenue, Cambridge,MA 02138-2009 Middlesex County.Complete mailing address of theheadquarters or general business officeof the publishers: One FrancisAvenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-2009.Full names and complete mailingaddress of publisher and editor: BobGiles, One Francis Avenue, Cambridge,MA 02138-2009; MelissaLudtke, One Francis Avenue, Cambridge,MA 02138-2009. Owner:Nieman Foundation at Harvard University,One Francis Avenue, Cambridge,MA 02138-2009. Knownbondholders, mortgagees and othersecurity holders: None. 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