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World Affairs Fellows recognized for reporting, connecting the world to their communities

Each year the reporting done by fellows has been recognized by a variety of journalism organizations. Most recently, two 2006 fellows have won awards:


2006 World Affairs Fellows

Dan Fitzpatrick, Staff Writer, Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gazette

  • Ray Sprigle Memorial Award- "Best-of-Show"- and winner in the business category for newspapers/wire services at the annual Golden Quill Awards event, Press Club of Western Pennsylvania
  • Citation (Honorable Mention), Overseas Press Club's Malcolm Forbes Award for best business reporting from abroad
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Carol Coultas, business reporter, Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)
  • SABEW Best in Business Award (Projects, Small)
  • Society of News Design Award of Excellence (Special Coverage/Sections)
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2005 World Affairs Fellows

Kristi Heim, Business/Technology Reporter, the Seattle (Wash.) Times

  • SABEW Best in Business Award (Projects, Medium)
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Katya Cengel , Features Writer, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)

  • Society of Professional Journalists' Green Eyeshade Awards: 2nd place in Feature Writing category

Jeffrey Sheban, Senior Business Reporter, The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch

  • Society of American Business Editors and Writers: 1st place in the large newspapers category for special projects.

Click here for more information on the World Affairs Journalism Fellowship Program

2004 World Affairs Fellows

Scott Beveridge, Staff Writer, Observer-Reporter (Washington, PA)

  • Pennsylvania Newspaper Association’s Keystone Press Award: 2nd place in Series category

Melinda Burns, Senior Reporter, Santa Barbara (CA) News-Press

  • Best of the West contest: 1st place award in the Immigration and Minority Affairs Reporting category

Encarnación Pyle, Social Services Reporter, The Columbus (OH) Dispatch

  • James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award, Ohio National Photographers Association: 1st place (Photographer: Alysia Oglesby)
  • 2004 First Amendment Award, Best Special Section: 1st Place; Best Photo Essay: 1st place (Photographer: Alysia Oglesby)

Craig Troianello, Coordinating Editor, Yakima (WA) Herald-Republic

  • 2004 Sigma Delta Chi Award for non-deadline reporting
  • 2005 North American Agricultural Journalists Writing Contest, Special Projects: 2nd place
  • National Press Photographers Association’s regional contest: 1st place (Photographer: Don Seabrook)
  • 2005 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism (small newspapers category)
  • 2005 APME International Perspective Award

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2002 World Affairs Fellows

Rukmini Callimachi, reporter, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.), for stories of several regions of India as observed by a Daily Herald reporter and photographer and told through the eyes of local immigrants
  • 2003 AP Managing Editors (APME) International Perspective Awards: Finalist
  • Betsy Cohen, editor/reporter, The Missoulian (Missoula, Mont.), for coverage of a summer-away program for children from Northern Ireland
  • 2003 APME International Perspective Awards: Finalist
  • Suburban Newspapers of America 2003 Editorial Contest: 1st Place, Best Feature Series
  • Ann Imse, reporter, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colo.), for reporting on Russia's Rocky Flats
  • The Scripps Howard in-house annual contest for specialty reporting
  • Rick Mercier, columnist, The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.), for covering the impact of Virginia politics on international reproductive health projects
  • 2003 APME International Perspective Awards: Finalist
  • Susan Moeller, business editor, Cape Cod (Mass.) Times, for her series on Brazil's economic connections to Cape Cod
  • Society of American Business Editors and Writers award for projects

  • 2003 New England Associated Press News Executives Association Awards: 1st Place, Business/Consumer News
  • Nadia White, state editor, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, for coverage of brucellosis disease eradication between Kazakhstan and Yellowstone National Park
  • 2003 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science Journalism Award
  • Cathy Zimmerman, features editor, The Daily News (Longview, Wash.), for reports on Mexican immigrants in Washington state
  • C.B. Blethen Memorial Awards for Distinguished Newspaper Reporting: Distinguished Coverage of Diversity (Under 50,000 circulation)

  • Suburban Newspapers of America 2003 Editorial Contest: 1st Place, Best Photojournalism (by project photographer Greg Ebersole)

  • Suburban Newspapers of America 2003 Editorial Contest: 1st Place, Best News Series
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    Program Description

    Application

    Guidelines

    2007 Program Dates:

    • March 9, 2007 - Application Deadline
    • Late March - Fellow Notification
    • June 3-8- Washington, D.C., One-week orientation program
    • June through September - Participants travel overseas (up to three weeks)
    • Mid-November - Articles published and reports completed

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