The Alicia Patterson Foundation
1989 Fellowship Winners
Roger Clawson
The Billings Gazette
“Alcohol Abuse by Indians”
Russell Clemings
The Fresno Bee
“Salt, Selenium and the Future of Irrigated Agriculture in the West”
Pamela Constable
The Boston Globe
“The Impact of Pinochet's Dictatorship in Chile”
Samuel Dillon
The Miami Herald
“Nicaragua's Contra War”
Michael Massing
Freelance writer
“U.S. Counterinsurgency Doctrine”
Victoria Pope
Freelance Writer
“Eastern Europe in the Era of Gorbachev”
Photos by Ira J. Schwarz
Judges for the 24th Annual Competition were:
Alice Bonner, director of newsroom recruitment, Gannett Corporation
Margaret Edds, political writer, Virginian Pilot and Ledger-Star, and 1985 APF Fellow
Kay Fanning, former editor, The Christian Science Monitor
Michael Gartner, president, NBC News and publisher, The Ames (Iowa) Tribune
Anthony Marro, executive editor, Newsday
Howard Simons, curator, The Nieman Foundation, Harvard University
Diane Walker, White House photographer, Time Magazine