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The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2005 Fellowship Winners   WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seven journalists have been selected to receive one of journalism’s most sought-after fellowships, an Alicia Patterson Foundation grant. The winners were selected through a highly competitive process of screening by a panel of accomplished judges, as well as submitting detailed proposals, examples of past work and references. Recipients spend their fellowship year traveling, researching and writing articles or photo essays on their projects for the APF Reporter, a quarterly magazine published by the Foundation and available via this web site.   Judges for the 40th annual competition included: J. Ross Baughman, photo editor, The Washington Times James Conaway, editor, Preservation Magazine, and APF Fellow ‘74 Geneva Overholser, professor, Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting, University of Missouri School of Journalism Eugene Robinson, associate editor, The Washington Post Fred Schulte, investigative reporter, The Baltimore Sun and APF Fellow ‘97 Maggie Steber, contributing photographer, National Geographic, and APF Fellow ‘88 The Alicia Patterson Foundation fellowship program for journalists was established in 1965 in memory

The Alicia Patterson Foundation 2004 Fellowship Winners WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eight journalists have been selected to receive one of journalism’s most sought-after fellowships, an Alicia Patterson Foundation grant. The winners were selected through a highly competitive process of screening by a panel of accomplished judges, as well as submitting detailed proposals, examples of past work and references. Recipients spend their fellowship year traveling, researching and writing articles or photo essays on their projects for the APF Reporter, a quarterly magazine published by the Foundation and available via this web site. The trustees of the foundation also announced that one fellow has been named in honor of Josephine Patterson Albright, who was a major benefactor of the foundation. The Josephine Patterson Albright fellow is Builder Levy, a freelance photographer who is examining mining practices in Appalachia. The foundation’s fellows for 2004, and their research topics, include: Judges for the 39th annual competition included: Sandy Close, editor, Pacific News Service Robert Lee Hotz, science writer, Los Angeles Times Joel Millman, chief, U.S.-Mexico Border bureau, Wall Street Journal