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Fellows
Doug Abrahms is a reporter for Gannett News Service, and covers Washington, DC for five California and Nevada newspapers owned by the Gannett Co. Inc. His specialized beats include energy and gambling. Prior to his current position, he covered the Federal Communication Commission and telecommunications industry for Communications Daily, an industry newsletter and Bridge News wire service. He also has covered high-tech companies for the Washington Times and Washington Business Journal. In November 1992, he participated in a two-week fellowship program to Japan, sponsored by the Center for Foreign Journalists. Abrahms has a Bachelor's degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master's in Journalism from American University.
Barbara Bernstein is a freelance journalist and has produced independent public radio documentaries for the past 20 years. She has extensive experience as an independent radio producer, reporter, interviewer, trainer and program host. She is currently working on a two-part documentary project called Rivers That Were, which examines the contradictory relationship to water resources in the Western United States. She also has produced a two-part documentary series called The Malling of America, which investigated the causes of urban sprawl and its impact on land and natural spaces. Bernstein is a long-time volunteer at KBOO radio in Portland, OR, where her documentaries have aired on a wide range of subjects including: land use, mental health, multiculturalism, anti-racism, politics, homophobia and cultural issues. Bernstein has a Bachelor's degree in English from Barnard College.
Kevin Carmody covers the environment, including water subjects ranging from availability and pollution to state water regulation, at the Austin (TX) American-Statesman. Carmody has over 20 years of journalism experience. He has covered the environment for The Daily Southtown in Chicago, IL; was Metro editor/acting managing editor at The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, VA; served as Bureau Chief of the Potomac News in Woodbridge, VA; covered the environment at the Beaumont (TX) Enterprise and city hall at The Orange (TX) Leader; and reported suburban news at the Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel. Carmody is affiliated with several professional organizations including Investigative Reporters and Editors, Society of Professional Journalists, and is a past president and member of the founding board of directors of the Society of Environmental Journalists. He was recently recognized with the George Polk Award, Local Reporting (1999); National Headliners Award, 2nd place (1999) and was a Meeman Award finalist in the Scripps Howard National Journalism Contest (1999). In addition, he has been recognized with numerous state and regional journalism awards including the Illinois Associated Press Editors Award for Public Service in 2000. Carmody has a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.
Audrey Cooper is an environmental writer at The Record in Stockton, CA where she has been honored with the Bay Institute's Harold Gilliam award for excellence in environmental journalism. In her five years as a journalist, she also has held reporting positions with the Associated Press (Sacramento bureau), the (Pleasanton, CA) Tri-Valley Herald, and The Beacon Hill Times and The Daily Free Press in Boston, MA. Cooper is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and an appointee on the organization's First Amendment Task Force. She also is an active member of the Society of Professional Journalists. Cooper graduated magna cum laude from Boston University with Bachelor's degrees in political science and journalism.
Chris Cubbison is national assignment editor of the News section at USA Today. He directs coverage of the West and demographics, supervising correspondents in bureaus in Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Prior to joining USA Today in 2000, Cubbison spent 11 years at the (Denver, CO) Rocky Mountain News as projects editor, managing editor and assistant managing editor/Sunday and features, respectively. He also has been a reporter and editor at The Miami (FL) Herald, St. Petersburg (FL) Times, and New York Daily News. Cubbison has a Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and studied labor force issues in New York, Washington, the Rio Grande Valley and Los Angeles (Watts area) as a Ford Foundation fellow.
Lance Dickie is an editorial writer for The Seattle (WA) Times. His editorial writing duties include focusing on natural resources, energy and transportation as well as foreign affairs and social topics. Before joining The Times in 1988, he was an editorial page editor, reporter, and editorial writer at The (Salem, OR) Statesman Journal. Among numerous professional honors, Dickie was recognized with the Scripps-Howard Walker Stone Award for editorial writing, and twice a finalist for the American Society of Newspaper Editors editorial writing award. His work is included in the 1996 and 1998 volumes of Best Newspaper Writing published by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. He also was a 1994 Jefferson fellow of the East-West Center in Honolulu, and a 1978 Congressional Fellow of the American Political Science Association in Washington, D.C. In Oregon, he has won regional SDX awards; Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association awards for editorial writing and editorial-page editing; a regional C.B. Blethen award for state reporting; and he was part of a team that won the Scripps-Howard Edward J. Meeman award for environmental coverage. Dickie is a member of the National Conference of Editorial Writers and has a Bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Oregon and a Master's degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Louis Freedberg is a senior writer and editor for the San Francisco (CA) Chronicle's Sunday Insight section. He was a Washington correspondent for The Chronicle from 1994 to 2001. He also has been a freelance reporter for a wide range of news organizations, including The New York Times, the Washington Post, Washington Monthly and National Public Radio. He was the recipient of a John S. Knight Fellowship in 1990-91, and an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship in 1999-2000. He has a Bachelor's degree from Yale University and a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley in cultural anthropology.
Lee Hancock is a reporter for the Dallas (TX) Morning News. Since joining The Morning News as a suburban reporter in 1987, she has reported from Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan on the Persian Gulf crisis and war; covered the Branch Davidian siege and its aftermath; reported on the Oklahoma City bombing; covered the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attack from Washington, D.C. and reported from Pakistan on the war in Afghanistan. She also has been a reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh, NC and The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, MS. Among several journalism honors, Hancock won the Headliners Foundation of Texas, Master Award, Investigative Report of the Year and the Texas APME Award for community service in 1999. Hancock graduated cum laude from The University of the South in Sewanee, TN with a degree in British history and has completed courses in the graduate journalism program at the University of Mississippi.
Lois Henry is assistant managing editor at The Bakersfield Californian. Henry joined the paper in 1990 as a correspondent and has since covered social services, government and energy, been assistant city editor, and served as Metro/city editor, respectively. Henry also has been a reporter for The Fresno (CA) Bee. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, and was recognized with the George Gruner award for public journalism in 1995. Henry has a Bachelor's degree in journalism from California State University, Fresno.
Erika Hobbs is an investigative reporter at the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C., where she investigates companies behind the trend to privatize water systems. She also freelances for the Baltimore (MD) Sun, where she writes real estate, lifestyle and education features. Hobbs has been a reporter for over 10 years for news organizations including The Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, MA, The Warsaw Business Journal and Medill News Service. She has a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Columbia College and a Master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Hobbs also is fluent in Spanish.
Shaun McKinnon covers growth and development issues including land use and planning, growth control and desert conservation for The (Phoenix) Arizona Republic. He also covers water, including the Salt River Project, an urban-agricultural water provide; the Central Arizona Project, a $4.7 billion canal that delivers water to Phoenix and Tucson; and regional issues surrounding the Colorado River. Prior to his current assignment, McKinnon was a business reporter and covered city and county growth for The Republic, respectively. He also has been a reporter and editor at the Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal, Capitol bureau chief at The (Tucson) Arizona Daily Star, and a sports writer at The (Logan, UT) Herald Journal. McKinnon has been recognized with numerous journalism awards, including first place, deadline reporting (1998) from the Nevada State Press Association. He is a member of several professional organizations including the Society of Professional Journalists, Investigative Reporters and Editors and the Society of Business Editors and Writers. McKinnon studied journalism and political science at Utah State University and is conversant in Spanish and Navajo.
Michael Milstein is an environment and science writer at The (Portland, OR) Oregonian. He reports on natural resources and related science issues, including forest and land management, water and air quality and wildlife, and covers subjects including water struggles in the Klamath Basin, endangered species, wildfire and national environmental policies. Before joining The Oregonian in 2000, he spent 11 years covering the environment at The Billings (MT) Gazette. He also spent a year as a Park Ranger for the National Park Service at Great Basin National Park, Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Devils Tower National Monument. Among numerous honors, Milstein was recognized as Wyoming Wildlife Federation Conservation Communicator of the Year in 1993; won first place for environmental reporting from the Montana Newspaper Association in 1995, 1997 and 2000; and received the Evert Clark Award for Science Journalism in 1997. In addition, he was awarded the Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism and participated in the year-long program at the University of Colorado. Milstein has a Bachelor's degree in public policy/natural resources from Duke University.
Jerry Needham covers water-related and environmental news and issues for San Antonio and South Texas at the San Antonio (TX) Express-News. His beat includes coverage of water supply and quality, urban development and pollution. Prior to joining the Express-News in 1994 he spent a year as a writer/reporter for the morning show at KRLD Radio in Dallas, TX. He also has been a staff writer at the Dallas (TX) Times Herald and Corpus Christi (TX) Caller. Needham has a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Texas A&M University.
Peggy Peattie is a photojournalist at The San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune. In her four years at the Union-Tribune, she has documented the uncertain future of sustainable water availability in Northern Mexico with the proposed lining of the All-American Canal; captured images of the strains massive new housing developments place on existing water sources in San Diego County; and studied and photographed many of the 82 miles of the All-American Canal from the Colorado River to Imperial County. Prior to joining the Union-Tribune, she spent two years at Ohio University on a Knight Journalism Fellowship, where she earned he Master's degree in visual communication. She also was the winner of the first professional Alexia Foundation Grant for World Peace and Cultural Understanding. Prior to participating in the Knight Fellowship program, she spent three years on staff at The State in Columbia, SC, one year at the Daily Breeze in Torrance, CA and five years at the Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram. She is a five-time Greater Los Angeles Press Photographer of the Year. She was named the Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographer Association, Region 10 in 2000, and the same year she won the National Headliner Award for spot news. She also has taught at two International Photojournalism Workshops in Bulgaria (1992) and Hungary (1993) and is a member of the Asian American Journalism Association, which recognized her with first place in national feature photography in 2000. Peattie has a Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Washington.
Deborah Schoch is an environmental writer at the Los Angeles Times. She covers natural resources, public lands and endangered species nationwide, with a focus on the West. In over 20 years as a journalist, she also has been a staff writer for the (Rochester, NY) Times-Union, Burlington (VT) Free Press, and Ithaca (NY) Journal. Schoch has a Bachelor's degree in English literature from Cornell University and was a Nieman fellow at Harvard University 1999-2000.
Mark Sherman is the California-Nevada correspondent for the Associated Press in Washington, D.C. He reports of issues affecting California and Nevada including energy, nuclear waste and water. Before joining the AP, Sherman was a Washington correspondent for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; a Foreign Service Officer for the United States Information Agency at the American Embassy in Paris; and news assistant at The New York Times. Sherman was selected as the AP's California Staffer of the Year for 2001. He is fluent in French and has a Bachelor's degree in history from Princeton University.
Jerd Smith covers growth at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, CO. Smith joined the paper in 1997 as a business reporter and has also been assistant features editor for the paper's weekly gardening and skiing sections. Before joining the Rocky Mountain News she was a regional contributor in Colorado to MSNBC business news, business editor at the Boulder (CO) Daily Camera and reporter and Editor for the Denver Business Journal. She also has been a writer and editor for Spinal Network and independent newspaper, Colorado Daily. Smith has been recognized for her outstanding reporting by Scripps Howard Corporation, second place, deadline reporting and by the Colorado Press Association with first place for business writing. She has a Bachelor's degree in political science and public administration from the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana and a Master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.
Jessica Smith is a city government reporter at the Ventura (CA) County Star. She regularly covers topics associated with water shortages and quality and state water issues critical to farmers in Ventura County - the fourth largest agricultural county in California. Smith also has covered city government for the Mail Tribune in Medford, OR and Ashland Daily Tidings in Ashland, OR. Smith has a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Southern Oregon University.
Alan Snitow is president of Snitow-Kaufman Productions, an independent production company that specializes in developing documentary and feature films, and radio programs with an emphasis on ethic identity and relations. Snitow is currently working on the documentary "Every Drop for Sale," (working title only). Before starting his own business, he spent 10 years as the producer of the Bay Area's KTVU-TV five o'clock news and their Emmy Award winning ten o'clock news. He also spent one year as a field producer for the station and was a writer for KTVU and KRON-TV from 1984-1990. In addition, he was consulting editor of "DNA Files," a National Public Radio series from 1998-2001, winning Dupont and Peabody awards; producer/managing editor, Telecommunications Radio Project; playwright/producer of "What's Left," a half hour play about the collapse of the Soviet Union and winner of the Silver Reel Award from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters; News director, KPFA-FM; and producer and writer of numerous radio documentaries including "Deadline for Disarmament" for the NPR Satellite Production Fund. Snitow also has served as president of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (1986-1992) and was a consultant and national board member of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (1976-1981).
Tania Soussan covers statewide environment and natural resource issues at the Albuquerque (NM) Journal. Her stories have included a five-day series on the Rio Grande; conflicts between framers and endangered fish; impacts of the new federal drinking water standard for arsenic; battles over oil and gas drilling on public land; drought and wildfires. Before joining The Journal in 1996, Soussan was executive business editor for the California newspaper group including the Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Whittier Daily News and city editor at the Glendale News Press, respectively. In April 2002, Soussan received honorable mention for spot news coverage by the New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors for coverage of the execution of Terry Clark in November 2001, the first execution in New Mexico in 41 years. New Mexico's APME also recognized her with second place for spot news coverage in April 2001 for coverage of a natural gas pipeline explosion that killed 10 people in August 2000. Soussan attended a weeklong seminar on environmental issues at the Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment in 2001 and has a Bachelor's degree in print journalism from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
Theo Stein covers environmental issues including water, wildlife, natural resources, toxics, air pollution and fire at The Denver (CO) Post. Before joining The Post in June 2000, he was a reporter for The Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, MA and The Middletown (CT) Press. He has also freelance columnist for Dirt Rag magazine and contributed to Mountain Bike Action, Mountain Bike, The Ride, and AMC Outdoors magazines among others. Stein was a Knight Fellow at Stanford University 1999-2000 where he studied earth sciences, resource policy, history and current affairs. The New England Associated Press recognized him with first place, General News, in their News Executives Association annual competition in 1998 and 1999, the same years he was recognized with public service awards from Publick Occurances, New England Newspaper Association. Stein has a Bachelor's degree in English from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.
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What fellows have to say about past seminars:
"Fabulous program. Invaluable in terms of connecting with sources and resources available to journalists interested in criminal justice."
- Nora Lopez, San Antonio Express-News |
