The New York Times featured a book review on 2007 Fellow Miriam Pawel's recent book "The Crusades of Cesar Chavez." You can read the full review here: Miriam Pawel review.
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Those in New York City on Friday, Jan. 17th, please join former APF fellow Builder Levy at the International Center of Photography, 1133 Avenue of the Americas (at 43rd St.), from 6-7:30 pm for a book signing for his new book, "Appalachia USA." Builder's 2004 project for the Alicia Patterson Foundation was on Appalachia. Many of the photographs included in the book were taken during his fellowship year.
Post date: Tue, 2014-01-07 11:23
For Immediate Release Contact: 202-246-3751 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.
Post date: Fri, 2014-01-03 22:51
Visual Storytelling and Violence: A Conversation with Donna De Cesare (APF 1997) and Fred Ritchin Location: Open Society Foundations–New York Event Date: November 14, 2013 Event Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Speakers: Donna De Cesare and Fred Ritchin Photojournalist Donna De Cesare speaks with NYU professor Fred Ritchin about her new book "Unsettled: Children in a World of Gangs."
Post date: Thu, 2013-11-14 09:34
The National Association of Science Writers honored Hillary Rosner (APF'11) with its Science in Society Award on Oct. 1. The award was for a story, "The Color of Bunny," that appeared in 2012 in the High Country News and in the APF Reporter and was based on Rosner's APF project on evolution. The awards committee noted that the article "describes Rosner’s field trip with University of Montana biologist Scott Mills, in which the biologist gathered data for his field study of how the semi-annual color change in snowshoe hares may be affected by climate change."
Post date: Sun, 2013-10-06 21:44
Columbia Journalism School Announces Winners of the 75th Annual Maria Moors Cabot Prizes for Outstanding Reporting on Latin America and the CaribbeanSpecial 75th Anniversary Events to include high-level conference on Latin American press freedom
Post date: Tue, 2013-09-10 14:05
Fotoseptiembre: Reflejos del mundo - Featuring book signing by photographer Donna De Cesare, a 1997 APF fellow. Join Donna De Cesare with other Austin artists in the Fotoseptiembre exhibition at La Pena. There will be a small exhibition of her work on immigrants shown at Harvard University last spring and a special signing for her book Unsettled / Desasosiego La Peña, 227 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX - September 7, 2013 https://www.facebook.com/events/180187418814031/
Post date: Sun, 2013-09-01 22:26
Recently published books from Alicia Patterson Fellows. The Alicia Patterson Foundation is proud to announce the release of four new books from past fellows. Links to the books’ Amazon pages are listed below.
Post date: Tue, 2013-08-13 19:05
Topics: Alumni news
APF Fellow Donna DeCesare has just released her first book Unsettled/Desasosiego: Children in a World of Gangs. Some of the original work for this book was done during Ms. DeCesare’s 1997 fellowship. The book is a bi-lingual memoir of Ms. DeCesare’s time photographing gang-life in Central America. Ms. DeCesare’s fellowship title was “Youth Identity and Gang Violence in the Americas.” Her fellowship work covered life during and after gang participation in countries from Haiti to El Salvador.
Post date: Wed, 2013-04-24 09:21
Topics: Alumni news
Please enjoy this lovely article by Gabrielle Esperdy on the American Roadside photography of 2003 fellow, John Margolies. During his fellowship Mr.Margolies explored the architecture of roadside and main street through vivid photographs. This article was published in Buildings & Landscapes 19 (Fall 2012). As always we encourage past fellows to keep the Alicia Patterson community up-to-date on their accomplishments. Please send us any articles, book or other media you have been a part of so that we may share it with the rest of the community.
Post date: Sat, 2013-03-09 11:29