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Fellows
Lia Chang is a journalist, a photographer and an actor. An award winning writer, her focus is on culture, style and Asian American issues. The recipient of an AAJA Executive Leadership Program Fellowship and an OCA Chinese American Journalist Award, she also heads her own production company, Lia Chang Gallery Collection and specializes in portraits, the performing arts, and abstract nature studies. Chang is presently a features writer and columnist for A. Magazine and GrooveAsia.com.
Thomas Cole is a broadcast editor and producer with 23 years of radio experience; editor of Peabody Award-winning documentary on Paul Robeson; Gabriel Award-winning feature on education in Philadelphia, and numerous AP Award-winning features. Cole is currently a producer for the cultural desk, News and Information Division at National Public Radio. Cole attended American University, Catholic University, and Grinnell College where he studied classical guitar and comparative literature.
Michael Deeds is the entertainment editor at The (Boise) Idaho Statesman. As entertainment editor, Deeds plans, writes and produces Scene, the newspaper's weekly entertainment magazine. In addition, Deeds plans, writes and edits entertainmentidaho.com, the newspaper's entertainment web site. Prior to his current position, Deeds was a features editor and sports reporter at The Idaho Statesman. As a freelance writer, he has had articles published in Raygun, Country Weekly, Velo News and The Rocket. Deeds graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska.
Angelica Fox is the national arts producer for National Radio News, part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Fox is responsible for arts coverage on all national radio news programs on CBC Radio's syndication service, including a weekly arts segment on The World This Weekend. Fox has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University of Montreal.
Jefferson Graham is a technology reporter for USA Today. He covers digital entertainment for the Life section, focusing on entertainment oriented web sites that re-create the experiences of listening to music, watching TV and film on-line. In his tenure at USA Today, Graham also covered television, movies, music and general assignment features. Before joining USA Today, Graham was an associate news producer for Entertainment Tonight and a new technology editor for The Hollywood Reporter.
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Monica Haynes is a features staff writer for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Prior to her current position she was a staff writer for the Suburban News. In 1998, Haynes won the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation Award for Commentary, and the American Society of Newspaper Editors' Jesse Laventhol Prize for Deadline Reporting by a Team. Haynes has a Bachelor's of Arts degree in journalism from Duquesne University.
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Katie Johnston is an arts and entertainment writer for The Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Johnston has been a freelance writer for Colorado Tourism & Travel/Colorado Ski Country USA, and a staff writer for Itemizer Observer in Dallas, Oregon. Johnston was recognized in 1996 with a first place award for lifestyle coverage from the Oregon Newspaper Association. Johnston has a Bachelor's of Science degree in journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Bob Keefe is the sole West Coast writer for Cox Newspapers. He covers technology news and features throughout the region for the Atlanta-based chain of 18 dailies, and feeds the New York Times News Service. Keefe's excellence in the field of journalism has been recognized by the Society of Business Editors and Writers, National Association of Real Estate Editors, Society of Professional Journalists (Southeast chapter), and the Society of Professional Journalists (Tampa Bay Chapter) in which Keefe won First place for investigative stories about fraud by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Keefe has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Staci Kramer is a contributing editor for Inside.com/Powerful Media and has been a freelance reporter/editor since 1986. Kramer covers the cable industry for Multichannel News and Cablevision Magazine. She also writes a twice-monthly column on issues affecting online classified advertising for Classified Intelligence Report. Kramer helped create http://www.stlouisspj.org, an award winning web site for the St. Louis chapter of Professional Journalists. She is also the founder and listowner of SPJ-Ethics, a mail list established to encourage on-line discussion of journalism ethics. Kramer graduated cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis.
Heather Lalley is an entertainment writer for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington. Lalley covers music, entertainment and general assignment features. Prior to her current position, Lalley was a general assignment reporter for the Associated Press. Her writing has earned her several awards, including second place in A& E Criticism, American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors. Lalley has a Bachelor's of Science degree in journalism from Northwestern University.
Richard Lecomte is the assistant features editor at the Reno Gazette-Journal. His responsibilities include editing and designing the daily Sierra Life front page, managing a 20 member features staff, developing and overseeing the weekly arts and cultural page and writing a weekly film trivia column. Prior to his current position at the Gazette-Journal, LeComte was assistant calendar editor and features copy editor. LeComte has a Bachelor's of Arts degree in English literature from Wesleyan University, and has completed coursework for a Master's degree in journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Patrick MacDonald is a rock critic at The Seattle Times. He is responsible for covering concerts and reviewing CDs as well as staying on top of the changing world of music and entertainment. MacDonald has been at The Seattle Times for the past 25 years, in which he has filled in as arts & entertainment editor, TV editor, and the Sunday features editor. Prior to his position at The Seattle Times, MacDonald was the managing editor of alternative weekly, The Flag, and a freelance writer for Rolling Stone. MacDonald has a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Political Science from The University of Washington.
Margaret McGurk is a film critic at The Cincinnati Enquirer, where she reviews new films weekly, covers local filmmakers, and writes features on trends and issues relevant to film. In 1998, she won The Cincinnati Enquirer's end-of-the-year award for commentary. McGurk attended Sangamon State University, and Blackburn College, in Illinois.
Rachel Micoli is the entertainment page editor for The Charlotte Observer. As the entertainment page editor, she launched Entertainment Today, a daily entertainment page, in June 2000. She is responsible for assigning, editing and designing the page as well as coordinating entertainment coverage between two sections. Prior to her current position, Micoli was the Metro front designer for The Charlotte Observer. Micoli has a Bachelor's of Arts in journalism with a minor in international studies from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
Monty Phan is a personal technology reporter for The Arizona Republic. Phan covers trends in the Internet, home technology and electronic entertainment. Prior to his current position, Phan was a features reporter for The Arizona Republic with a focus on entertainment; covering trends, popular culture and events. In 1997, Phan's byline on coverage of TWA Flight 800 crash, won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news. Phan has a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Arizona, in Tucson.
Tinabeth Pina is a producer and reporter for The Metro Channel in New York. Pina has also been a segment producer/writer for Viva! WPIX-TV (WB), an associate producer for Good Day New York, an assistant segment producer for Tiempo WABC-TV (ABC) and a desk assistant for Eyewitness News WABC-TV (ABC). Pina is fluent in Spanish and is passionate about giving back to the Latin community. Pina graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's of Arts degree from Lafayette College.
Jane Freiman Schanberg is the managing editor/features at the New York Daily News. She is responsible for all of the paper's arts, entertainment, lifestyle and celebrity news coverage. In her previous post as Sunday Features Editor, she revamped and launched the paper's two-year-old Sunday entertainment and lifestyle magazines, "ShowTime" and "LifeLine." Frieman Schanberg is a member of the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors and has led the organization's two-year effort to develop professional and ethical guidelines for arts and entertainment coverage. Freiman Schanberg attended UCLA, majoring in Fine Arts and French.
Murray Whyte is the deputy arts editor for The National Post in Toronto, Ontario. His responsibilities include designing the paper's cultural coverage, supervising a reporting team, editing the section's media content, overseeing the daily center-spread showcase, Avenue, and regular writing. Prior to working for The National Post, Whyte was a business reporter for the Bloomberg News and a general assignment reporter for The Seattle Times. Whyte also held a position writing, producing, and wire editing for Time magazine's online news service, Time Online. Whyte has a Bachelor's of Arts degree from The University of Western Ontario, and a Master's of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from New York University.
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What fellows have to say about past seminars:
"This seminar gave me a unique opportunity to focus on the subject of water
with laser-like intensity. I feel like I doubled my knowledge of these
issues in four days."
- Barbara Bernstein, independent documentary filmmaker |
