Photojournalist Kael Alford Named Nieman Fellow

Freelance photojournalist Kael Alford (pictured at right) is one of 28 journalists from the United States and abroad named to the 71st class of Nieman Fellows, Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism has announced. Atlanta-based Alford was the sole photojournalist selected for the Nieman Fellows Class of 2008-09, which also includes print reporters and editors, online journalists, columnists and editorial writers, broadcasters, and a filmmaker. The fellowships are awarded to working journalists of accomplishment and promise who come to Harvard for a year of study and seminars.