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Fred Schulte’s examination of the Obama White House visitor logs
Former APF fellow Fred Schulte (’97) examined the White House visitors logs along with co-author Viveca Novak and found huge numbers of visitors were undisclosed. Their report was written for the Center for Public Integrity and is at: http://www.iwatchnews.org/2011/04/13/4115/white-house-visitor-logs-riddl….
Brian Mockenhaupt’s Afghanistan report
APF fellow Brian Mockenhaupt’s article on Sgt. First Class Carlos Santos-Silva is featured in the March 2011 issue of Reader’s Digest. Titled, “The Men He Left Behind,” it focuses on the U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and their reaction to the combat death of Santos, their platoon sergeant. Brian served two earlier deployments with Santos, 32, in Iraq.
New York Times Reviews Jack Anderson bio written by APF fellow Mark Feldstein
Mark Feldstein’s new book, “Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington’s Scandal Culture” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) was reviewed in the Books of the Times. An earlier Washington Post profile was written by Howard Kurtz. A 2009 Alicia Patterson Fellowship provided research funds for Mark. To read Dwight Garner’s book review, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/books/29book.html.
The “Tenth Inning” by Ken Burns features APF fellow Marcos Breton
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’ new series on baseball, “The Tenth Inning,” features sportswriter Marcos Breton as a commentator for the PBS series. Marcos, along with photographer Jose Luis Villegas, researched Latin American players for their 1996 Alicia Patterson foundation project, “Lost Field of Dreams: The Forgotten Legacy of Latins in American Baseball.
44th Annual Competition Fellowships Announced for 2009
The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2009 Fellowship Winners 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 $40,000 and six-month grants of $20,000 are awarded to working print journalists and photographers. Fellows pursue independent projects of significant interest and write/illustrate articles based on their investigations for the APF Reporter, a quarterly magazine of the foundation, available at www.aliciapatterson.org. The foundation’s fellows for 2009, and their research topics: Judges for the 44th annual competition included: David Lamb,contributing writer, Smithsonian, author and APF Fellow 1985 John Margolies,freelance photographer, author and APF Fellow 2003 Laura Parker, freelance writer and APF Fellow 1996 Ellen Warren,columnist and senior writer, The Chicago Tribune For program information and applications for the 45th annual competition, contact: Director Alicia Patterson Foundation 1090 Vermont Ave. NW Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone: 202/393-5995 Fax: 301/951-8512 Application materials and instructions may be downloaded from our website at: www.aliciapatterson.org/APF_Application/APF_Application.html. Applications must