26th Annual Competition Fellowship Winners for 1991

The Alicia Patterson Foundation

1991 Fellowship Winners

Seven journalists have been selected for the 26th class of Alicia Patterson fellows. A full report on their projects and background will be included in the next APF Reporter.

Picture of James Borg

James Borg

Science writer, The Honolulu Advertiser

“Chemical Disarmament, Proliferation and War”

Picture of Frank Browning

Frank Browning

Freelance writer, San Francisco

“Community and Identify: The Search for Gay Culture”

Picture of Steven J. Dryden

Steven J. Dryden

Freelance writer, Bethesda, Maryland

“The Trade Warriors: USTR and America's Struggle in the World Economy”

Picture of Vince Heptig

Vince Heptig

Freelance photographer, Guatemala City

“A Documentary of Mayan Culture”

Picture of Dorothea Jackson

Dorothea Jackson

Freelance writer, Six Mile, South Carolina

“Economic Survival in the Southern Highlands”

Picture of Peter Marin

Peter Marin

Freelance writer, Santa Barbara, California

“Homelessness and Marginality in America”

Picture of James Rupert

James Rupert

Assistant foreign editor, The Washington Post

“The Re-emergence of Central Asia”

Photos by Ira J. Schwarz

 

Judges for the 26th Annual Competition were:

Gerald Boyd, metropolitan editor,  The New York Times


Howard Bray, director, Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Maryland


Ricardo Chavira, Washington correspondent,  Time Magazine


Rita Ciolli, national correspondent,  Newday, and an APF Fellow 1983


Deborah Howell, Washington bureau chief,  Newhouse News Service


Geneva Overholser, executive editor,  The Des Moines Register


Ellen Warren, White House correspondent,  Knight-Rider Newspapers

Dominic Phillips

Dom Phillips 1964-2022

It is with great sadness that the Foundation acknowledges the death of Dom Phillips, who was researching solutions to protect the Amazon under his Alicia Patterson fellowship.