The Alicia Patterson Foundation
1996 Fellowship Winners
Seven journalists have been selected for the 31st class of Alicia Patterson fellows. A full report on their projects and background will be included in the next APF Reporter.
Maud Beelman
Reporter, Associated Press, Vienna, Austria.
“U.S. Foreign Policy in the Former Yugoslavia”
Jason Eskenazi
Freelance photographer, New York City
“Russia Faces West: The Last Revolution”
Andrew Meier
Freelance writer/associate editor, PNS, San Francisco, CA.
“Ethnic Conflict in the Former Soviet Union”
Laura Parker
Reporter, Detroit News, Washington, D.C.
“Coping with Illiteracy: One Town's Burden, a Nation's Shame”
Alexander Stille
Freelance writer, Atlanta, GA.
“The Future of the Past”
Marcos Breton and José Luis Villegas
Staff writer and photographer, Sacramento Bee.
“Lost Field of Dreams: The Forgotten Legacy of Latins in American Baseball”
(Photos by Ira J. Schwarz)
Judges for the 31th Annual Competition were:
Sandy Close, editor, Pacific News ServiceStephen Hess, author and writer, The Brookings Institution
Jim Fiedler, Jr, photo editor, U.S. News and World Report
Tony Marro, editor, Newsday
Marcia Slacum-Greene, reporter, The Washington Post
Zofia Smardz, Washington writer and former APF Fellow
Juan Walte, assistant editorial page editor, USA TODAY
