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Article: A new advisory board for the Nieman Foundation: '... the staff and I needed the wise counsel that a group of advisors could provide.'.(Curator's Corner)(Editorial)
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- Nieman Reports
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- December 22, 2004
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Some things are better done late than never. The advisory board to the Nieman Foundation is an example.
Down through the years, Nieman Fellows, news executives, leading journalists, and members of the Harvard faculty have served the interests of the Nieman program effectively in a variety of ways. When I arrived at Lippmann House in August 2000, the advisory board had been dormant for some time. I wrote to thank its members for their service, intending to reconstitute a new board to help me think about the direction of the program and offer sound advice on the foundation's goals.
As things happen, as Curator of the Nieman Foundation I quickly became ...