ELIZABETH ROYTE’s new book, “The Tapir’s Morning Bath: Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest and the Scientists Who Are Trying to Solve Them” (Houghton Mifflin), is based on her Alicia Patterson research. A web site at Booknoise.net features pictures of the animals and scientists of
GLENN FRANKEL will return to London as the Washington Post’s bureau chief in August. He has been editing the Post’s Sunday magazine.
RICK TULSKY won second place and $1,000 from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists last November for his series of articles in the San Jose Mercury based on his Patterson research on denials of asylum in the U.S.
“Unveiled: The Hidden Lives of Nuns,” Cheryl Reed’s book based on her Patterson work, was published by Berkeley Books. Cheryl is a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times.
DONNA DECESARE has been working on an extended project on youth violence and violence prevention in Latin America. Pixelpress is hosting a digital diary of her travels in Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras at www.pixelpress.org.
A book of Jason Eskenazi’s photos of Russia, “Memoratopia: A Fairytale of the Soviet Monolith,” was short-listed for the European Book Award.
Alexander Stille’s APF project has been turned into a book, “The Future of the Past,” published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Jose Luis Villegas and Marcos Breton have collaborated on a photo book on Latin baseball. “Home is Everything: the Latin Baseball Story,” is published by Cinco Puntos Publishing, El Paso, TX. Jose shot the photographs, Marcos wrote an essay and Orlando Cepeda wrote the foreword.
Randy Olson photographed a National Geographic article on Iraq’s antiquities war, following a team of archaeologists from Baghdad to Babylon.
Columbia University awarded a 2004 Maria Moors Cabot Prize to Joel Millman for outstanding reporting on Latin America. Joel is the Wall Street Journal’s U.S.-Mexico border bureau chief. Joel is the seventh Alicia Patterson fellow to win the prize, which is the oldest international award
Kay Mills’ book about the landmark communications law case that forced broadcasters to hire more minorities and cover their entire community was published by the University Press of Mississippi. Its title is, “Changing Channels: The Civil Rights Case That Transformed Television.” The Freedom Forum hosted
Investigative Reporters and Editors presented an award this May to the book on foster care that NINA BERNSTEIN wrote based on her Patterson research, “The lost Children of Wilder:The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care.”(Pantheon/Vintage Books)
Harry Abrams Publisher has issued, “Ireland Ever: The Photographs of Jill Freedman,” with texts by Frank McCourt and Malachy McCourt. Jill’s book was chosen by the National Press Club for inclusion in its book fair. Jill has relocated to New York from Florida.
A paperback version of BILL BERKELEY’s book, “The Graves are Not Yet Full: Race, Tribe and Power in the Heart of Africa” will be released this spring by Basic Books. Bill is writing editorials for The New York Times.
Joseph Rodriguez’s latest book, “Juvenile,” was published by PowerHouse Books. He was interviewed by Aaron Brown on Newsnight for an hour.
Simon & Schuster published “Vows of Silence: Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II, by Jason Berry and Gerald Renner. The authors were recipients of the Fund for Investigative Journalism’s book award.
FRANK BROWNING covered the 14th International AIDS conference in Barcelona, Spain for National Public Radio.
JOE SHAPIRO has joined National Public Radio to cover disability issues, poverty, mental illness and other beats. He covered many of these issues over the past years at U.S. News & World Report.
Charlise Lyles is the editor of “CATALYST Cleveland” magazine, which provides independent reporting and analysis on urban school reform. She launched the effort in her hometown five years ago with the support of “CATALYST Chicago.” She can be reached at: www.catalyst-cleveland.org.
The Black Caucus of the American Library Awards honored Wil Haygood with its 2004 non-fiction award for “Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.” (Knopf). Will is a writer for the Washington Post’s Style section. Wil did a reading of his book at
