1990 Fellows Collage

25th Annual Competition Fellowship Winners for 1990

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 1990 Fellowship Winners Seven journalists have been selected for the 25th class of Alicia Patterson fellows. A full report on their projects and background will be included in the next APF Reporter. Photos by Ira J. Schwarz Judges for the 25th Annual Competition were: Karen Elliott House, vice-president, Dow Jones, Inc. Bill Kovach, curator, The Nieman Foundation, Harvard University William Raspberry, syndicated columnist,  The Washington Post Sharon Rosenhause, deputy managing editor for projects,  The New York Daily News Cathy Trost, Washington reporter,  The Wall Street Journal, and former Alicia Patterson fellow Sanford Ungar, dean of the School of Communication, American University.

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1989 Fellows Collage

24th Annual Competition Fellowship Winners for 1989

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 1989 Fellowship Winners 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

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Wil Haygood

The Black Caucus of the American Library Awards honored Wil Haygood 

The Black Caucus of the American Library Awards honored Wil Haygood with its 2004 non-fiction award for “Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.” (Knopf). Will is a writer for the Washington Post’s Style section. Wil did a reading of his book at the AFI Theatre in Silver Spring, along with a showing of “Robin and the 7 Hoods.”

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