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The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2016 Fellowship Winners Final Judges for the 51st Annual Competition: Sandy Close – founder, Pacific News Service and New America Media  Christian Davenport – Washington Post reporter and APF fellow 2007 Mark Feldstein – Philip Merrill College of Journalism professor, University of Maryland, and APF Fellow 2009 Randall Hyman – science reporter and APF Fellow 2015 Tara McKelvey – writer for BBC News, Newsweek/Daily Beast and APF Fellow 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top journalists will pursue topics ranging from the influx of global investors in Africa to the environmental siege confronting poor Californians 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

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2015 Fellowship Winners WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top journalists will pursue topics ranging from dark matter to the mining of the seas and the birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service as the newest recipients of an Alicia Patterson Foundation grant, American journalism’s oldest writing fellowship. The annual fellowships are designed to foster independent in-depth reporting on 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, and websites worldwide. Fellows’ work often is published jointly with their “home” news outlet and has resulted in many

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2014 Fellowship Winners 49th Annual Alicia Patterson Foundation Competition Fellowship Winners Announced for 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Journalists will pursue topics ranging from America’s judicial detainees to gas pipeline safety and dramatic changes in nursing homes and mental health systems as the newest recipients of an Alicia Patterson Foundation grant, American journalism’s oldest writing fellowship. The annual fellowships are designed to foster independent in-depth reporting on 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, and websites worldwide. Fellows’ work often is published jointly

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2013 Fellowship Winners 48th Annual Competition Fellowship Winners for 2013 Brendan Borrell Freelance writer, Brooklyn, NY “Herbal Medicines and the Fight Against AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis” Stéphanie Giry Staff Editor, International Herald Tribune, Hong Kong “The Khmer Rouge and Cambodia, Then and Now” J. Lester Feder Freelance writer, McLean, VA. “How Gay Marriage is Changing the Globe” Malcolm Gay Freelance writer, St. Louis, MO. “The Brain Electric – Inside the Effort to Merge the Brain with Machines” Ian Johnson Freelance writer, Berlin, Germany “China: The Soul of a New Superpower” Esther Kaplan Editor, The Investigative Fund-The Nation Institute, New York, NY “The High Costs of Speed” Lee van der Voo Freelance writer, Portland, OR “Banking on the Seas: A Look at the New Economics and Inequities of Modern Fishing” Judges for the 48th Annual Competition: Sandy Close, founder, Pacific News Service and New America Media Paul Cuadros, journalism professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (APF’1999) Robert Lee Hotz, science columnist, The Wall Street Journal and APF Foundation board president Frances Stead

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2012 Fellowship Winners 47th ANNUAL ALICIA PATTERSON JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCED WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six journalists will pursue topics ranging from the impact of budget cuts on civil justice to an elephants’ rebellion in India, as the newest recipients of an Alicia Patterson Foundation grant, American journalism’s oldest writing fellowship. The foundation announced the winners of the annual fellowships today, which are designed to foster independent in-depth reporting on 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 six 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, and websites worldwide. The winners were