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Joseph M.P. Albright
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About the
Alicia Patterson Foundation

The Alicia Patterson Foundation Program was established in 1965 in memory of Alicia Patterson, who was editor and publisher of Newsday for nearly 23 years before her death in 1963. One-year and six month grants are awarded to working journalists to pursue independent projects of significant interest and to write articles based on their investigations for The APF Reporter, a web published magazine by the Foundation and available on the web.

Winners are chosen by an annual competition. The competition opens in June and all entries must be postmarked by October 1. Applications are accepted from U.S. citizens who are print journalists with at least five years of professional experience.

Each year a panel of judges convenes in the Fall to interview and choose APF fellows. The fellowships provide 40,000 for the full-year stipend and $20,000 for the six-month fellowship. See how to apply.

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2009 APF Fellowship Award Winners
44th Annual Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowships Announced.

 

About The APF Reporter
The APF Reporter is written by current fellows of the Alicia Patterson Foundation. For a period of one year from the date of issue, you may reprint any of our pieces as long as you give the Alicia Patterson Foundation and the fellow/author a credit line. Should APF fellows write other articles during their fellowship year, we ask that you mention the APF affiliation.
 
Ferry Columbia Searches for 10,000 Missing Forced Disappearance in Columbia: A visul report.

by Stephen Ferry
Knudson Starbucks calls its coffee worker-friendly, but a day's pay is a dollar GEMADRO, Ethiopia – Tucked inside a fancy black box, the $26-a-pound Starbucks Black Apron Exclusives coffee promised to be more than just another bag of beans.

Text and Photos by Tom Knudson –
Bee Staff Writer
Chestnut Tree

A Whole World Gone:
The Loss of the American Chestnut Tree Legend has it a squirrel could travel the chestnut canopy from Georgia to Maine without ever touching the ground.

 by Susan Freinkel
Coffman_Anthan Sweeping out the Plains Legend has it a squirrel could travel the chestnut canopy from Georgia to Maine without ever touching the ground.

 Text and Photos by Jack Coffman and
Geroge Anthan
 
Shafted: How the Bush administration reversed decades of progress on mine safety

On the afternoon of September 23, 2001, thirty-two miners were repairing drilling machines and hoisting tunnel supports into place in the No. 5 mine of Jim Walter Resources Inc., in Brookwood, Alabama. The No. 5 is North America’s deepest coal mine, tracking the six-foot-high Blue Creek seam almost half a mile beneath the rolling hills just east of Tuscaloosa.

by Ken Ward Jr.
 
Levy A Report from the Applalachian Coalfields What began in 1968 as a ten-day trip to Appalachia became fourteen years of visiting and photographing in coal mines, miners' homes and communities in the hills and 'hollers' of Appalachia. In the year 2002, I decided to revisit Appalachia to see what had transpired since my last visit. In the following photographs I hope to share what I found in the coalfields of Appalachia in the new millenium.

 by Builder Levy
Marlan America’s Young Detainees What she calls a house is actually a shelter – one of 30 across the country – for kids who are in the country illegally and unaccompanied by a parent or guardian. It’s federally funded but operated by a nonprofit organization called Southwest Key.

 Text and Photos by Tori Marlan
Sacirbey The Challenges and Growth of
Progressive Muslims Astaghfirullah is an Arabic expression known to Muslims the world over. Roughly translated, it means "I ask forgiveness from God." Muslim parents employ it regularly to express exasperation with kids who sneak out on dates or go dancing, while some Muslims use it to condemn drinking alcohol or excessive shows of vanity.

 Text and Photos by Omar Sacirbey