36th Annual Competition Fellowships Winners for 2001

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2001 Fellowship Winners Judges for the 36th annual competition were: Susan Bennett, Director of Asian and European Programs, The Freedom Forum Lee Bey, architecture critic, Chicago Sun-Times Ken Bode, dean, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University Walt Harrington, professor, College of Communications, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Michael Millenson, author and APF Fellow ’86 Ellen Warren, columnist, Chicago Tribune Lois Wille, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer, Chicago Tribune The Alicia Patterson Foundation fellowship program for journalists was established in 1965 in memory of Alicia Patterson, who was editor and publisher of Newsday for nearly twenty-three years before her death in 1963. One-year grants of $35,000 are awarded to working print journalists to pursue independent projects of significant interest and to write articles based on their investigations for the APF Reporter, a quarterly magazine published by the Foundation, which also is available on this web site’s index of back issues For program information and applications for the 37th annual competition, contact: Margaret Engel Executive Director Alicia Patterson Foundation 1730 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 850

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Chris Bull is Now Senior Political Correspondent for Planetoutinc.com

Chris Bull is now senior political correspondent for PlanetOutInc.com, in San Francisco. He writes a column, Bull’s Eye, and continues his interest in baseball, with his office just a few blocks from SBC Park. He co-authored a 2003 book with Billy Bean, “Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life In and Out of Major-League Baseball” (Avalon Publishing Group).

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Earl Dotter has Produced A CD of His Photo Exhibit, “When Duty Calls, A Tribute to New York City Firefighters.” 

EARL DOTTER has produced a CD of his photo exhibit, “When Duty Calls, A Tribute to New York City Firefighters.” The exhibit was shown at the Harvard School of Public Health and was shown at the American Public Health Association’s symposium on Terrorism and Public Health. Earl won the Alice Hamilton award from the APHA to honor his “lifetime of service to occupational health and safety.” His exhibit on “The Price of Fish” also is touring in New England fishing communities and a fall showing is planned at Harvard.

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