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The National Association of Science Writers honored Hillary Rosner (APF’11) with its Science in Society Award on Oct. 1. The award was for a story, “The Color of Bunny,” that appeared in 2012 in the High Country News and in the APF Reporter and was based on Rosner’s APF project on evolution. The awards committee noted that the article “describes Rosner’s field trip with University of Montana biologist Scott Mills, in which the biologist gathered data for his field study of how the semi-annual color change in snowshoe hares may be affected by climate change.” Of Rosner’s article, the judges said “This totally engrossing and engaging report from the field artfully describes efforts to better understand a biological phenomenon critical to animal survival, namely seasonal camouflage….While the story focuses mainly on a local, Montana-forest-dwelling population of snowshoe hares it also serves as a springboard for a broader-lensed discussion regarding conservationist ideas for dealing with climate change’s coming impact on ecosystems.” The full press release is here: http://www.nasw.org/2013-science-society-award-winners You can find her full APF Reporter article

The New York Times featured a book review on 2007 Fellow Miriam Pawel’s recent book “The Crusades of Cesar Chavez.” You can read the full review here: Miriam Pawel review.

Visual Storytelling and Violence: A Conversation with Donna De Cesare (APF 1997) and Fred Ritchin Location: Open Society Foundations–New YorkEvent Date: November 14, 2013Event Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Speakers: Donna De Cesare and Fred Ritchin Photojournalist Donna De Cesare speaks with NYU professor Fred Ritchin about her new book “Unsettled: Children in a World of Gangs.”

Columbia Journalism School Announces Winners of the 75th Annual Maria Moors Cabot Prizes for Outstanding Reporting on Latin America and the Caribbean   Special 75th Anniversary Events to include high-level conference on Latin American press freedom    NEW YORK, September 5, 2013— The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism today announced the 2013 winners of the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes for outstanding reporting on Latin America and the Caribbean. The oldest international award in journalism will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this year with a special series of events. The Cabot Prize honors journalists who have covered the Western Hemisphere and, through their reporting and editorial work, have furthered inter-American understanding. The 2013 gold medalists are Jon Lee Anderson, USA, The New Yorker; Donna De Cesare, USA; Documentary Photographer and Freelance Writer; Mauri König, Brazil, Special Reporter, Gazeta do Povo, Curitiba; Alejandro Santos Rubino, Colombia, Editor-in-Chief, Revista Semana. In a special ceremony, Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez will be present to accept the citation originally awarded to her in 2009. The Cuban government had barred her

Fotoseptiembre: Reflejos del mundo – Featuring book signing by photographer Donna De Cesare, a 1997 APF fellow. Join Donna De Cesare with other Austin artists in the Fotoseptiembre exhibition at La Pena. There will be a small exhibition of her work on immigrants shown at Harvard University last spring and a special signing for her book Unsettled / Desasosiego La Peña, 227 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX – September 7, 2013 https://www.facebook.com/events/180187418814031/