1997 Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship Winners


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32nd Annual Competition

For the first year in its history, the foundation was able to add an eighth fellow. The winners were chosen by two panels of judges and were interviewed after the competition luncheon Dec. 9th at the Hay-Adams Hotel. Those selected were:

Miriam Davidson
Correspondent,RIGHT The Arizona Republic, Tucson, AZ
Ambos Nogales: Border Town at the Breaking Point

Donna DeCesare
Freelance photographer, New York City
Youth Identity and Gang Violence in the Americas

Martha Fay
Freelance writer and editor, New York City
Deepest Roots: The Catholic Sister in American Society

James Lardner
Freelance writer, New York City
Work Life in the Age of Downsizing and Deregulation

Lawrence Lifschultz
Freelance writer, Stony Creek, CT
"Averting Armageddon: Confronting Proliferation in South Asia"

Kenneth Noble
National correspondent, New York Times, Los Angeles, CA
The Liberian Civil War

Fred Schulte
Editor, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Plantation, FL
Medicare and Medicaid Shift to Managed Care

Steve Weinberg
Freelance writer, Columbia, MO
The Lessons of Ida Tarbell

(Photos by Ira J. Schwarz)

Judges for the 32nd annual competition were:

Sandy Close, editor, Pacific News Service, San Francisco, CA.
Roger Cohn, editor, Audubon New York City, and former APF Fellow '84.
Lucia Herndon, columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA.
Stephen Hess, author and writer, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC.
Tony Marro, editor, Newsday, Melville, NY.
Steven Rubin, photographer, Baltimore, MD and former APF Fellow '94.
Ellen Warren, senior reporter, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL.

	Miriam Davidson Correspondent,RIGHT The Arizona Republic, Tucson, AZ Ambos Nogales: Border Town at the Breaking Point
	Donna DeCesare Freelance photographer, New York City Youth Identity and Gang Violence in the Americas
	Martha Fay Freelance writer and editor, New York City Deepest Roots: The Catholic Sister in American Society
	James Lardner Freelance writer, New York City Work Life in the Age of Downsizing and Deregulation
	Lawrence Lifschultz Freelance writer, Stony Creek, CT "Averting Armageddon: Confronting Proliferation in South Asia"
	Kenneth Noble National correspondent, New York Times, Los Angeles, CA The Liberian Civil War
	Fred Schulte Editor, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Plantation, FL Medicare and Medicaid Shift to Managed Care
	Steve Weinberg Freelance writer, Columbia, MO The Lessons of Ida Tarbell