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The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2018 Fellowship Winners WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top journalists will pursue topics ranging from the resilience of Syria’s autocratic regime to the environmental losses from American overbuilding as the newest recipients of an Alicia Patterson Foundation grant. The foundation, in its fifth decade, funds American journalism’s oldest writing fellowships. The annual fellowships are designed to foster independent in-depth reporting on local, national and international affairs. 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. The Fellows are awarded $40,000 for a 12-month grant and $20,000 for a six-month grant. The new Fellows will spend their fellowship months traveling, researching, and writing articles on their projects for the APF REPORTER, a web magazine published by the Foundation. Every year, the Fellows’ articles and photo essays are widely distributed through newspapers, news services, magazines, and websites worldwide. Fellows’ work often is published jointly with outside news outlets and has resulted

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2017 Fellowship Winners 52nd Annual Competition Fellowship Winners Announced for 2017 For Immediate Release Contact: 202-246-3751 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top journalists will pursue topics ranging from the dangers of ignored nuclear maintenance to whether Hong Kong will move into China’s orbit as the newest recipients of an Alicia Patterson Foundation grant. The foundation, in its fifth decade, funds American journalism’s oldest writing fellowships. The annual fellowships are designed to foster independent in-depth reporting on local, national and international affairs. 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. The Fellows are awarded $40,000 for a 12-month grant and $20,000 for a six-month grant. The new Fellows will spend their fellowship months traveling, researching, and writing articles on their projects for the APF REPORTER, a quarterly web magazine published by the Foundation. Every year, the Fellows’ articles and photo essays are widely distributed through newspapers, news services, magazines,