American Press Institute Awards 10 Fellowships

Reston, VA -- The American Press Institute has awarded 10 fellowships to journalism educators and newspaper employees to use in attending API seminars in 2006.

Each year, thousands of dollars in fellowships are available to applicants from the United States and Canada to attend API seminars. All fellowships pay for tuition, and some also include a travel allowance.

"It's no surprise that we experienced a surge in fellowship applications this year," said Carol Ann Riordan, API's vice president of programming and personnel. "The newspaper industry is undergoing seismic shifts, which means that its leaders will need to create a new future. That requires new strategies, new concepts and new ideas, which are the focus of API's seminars."

The fellowships and their recipients are:

API Fellowships for College-Level Journalism Educators are awarded to allow educators to attend any seminar as a way of remaining current on issues in the industry. The winners for 2005 are:
Minority Journalism Educators Fellowship (Open to college-level journalism educators who are members of a recognized minority group.)

George L. Daniels, Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala., to attend Management of the Weekly Newspaper.

Rollan D. Melton Fellowship (Open to college-level journalism educators who are members of a recognized minority group.)

Jae-won Lee, Professor Director, Journalism Division, School of Communication, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, to attend Compelling Storytelling Innovations.

James H. Ottaway Fellowship (Open to all college-level journalism educators.)

Elizabeth Birge, Assistant Professor, William Paterson University, Wayne, N.J., to attend Compelling Storytelling Innovations.

API Fellowships for Newspaper Employees
Cissy Patterson Fellowship (Open to female reporters or editors from newspapers with daily circulation below 25,000.)

Jenny Johnson Howard, Managing Editor, Ravalli Republic, Hamilton, Mont., to attend Editing the Weekly and Community Newspaper.

Malcolm F. Mallette Fellowship (Provides tuition for a news editor or managing editor of a newspaper with a circulation under 50,000.)

Laura E. Edler, Editor, Craig (Colo.) Daily Press, to attend Critical Management Skills.

Mark Furman, Editor, Baker City (Ore.) Herald, to attend News Editors and Copy Desk Chiefs.

Bryce R. Glenn, Copy Desk Editor, Post Register in Idaho, Falls, Idaho, to attend Critical Management Skills.

John E. Heselden Fellowship (Open to newspaper executives interested in marketing or general management.)

John L. Graham, Manager of Marketing & Research, Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Ill., to attend MediaPreneurship: Innovation and Profitable New-Product Development.

Edmund C. Arnold Fellowship (Provides tuition, hotel and meals for API seminar, Design for Contemporary Newspapers.)

Anestis Diakopoulos, Visuals Editor, The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass.

Walter Everett Fellowship (Open to city editor or supervising content editor.)

William T. Whitaker, City Editor, Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald, to attend City and Metro Editors (for community newspapers).

Applications are still being accepted for API’s Hints from Heloise Fellowship, which is open to female editors over the age of 35 who want to attend API’s Feature and Lifestyle Editors seminar, Dec. 3-8.

The deadline for the Hints from Heloise Fellowship is Sept. 1. The fellowship honors the late syndicated columnist and her column, “Hints from Heloise,” now being continued by her daughter, Heloise. For more information, go to http://americanpressinstitute.org/06/Features.

Media Contact:
Lisa Rabasca
American Press Institute
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Reston, VA 20191-1498
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lrabasca@americanpressinstitute.org