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Fellows
Thomas Charlier has worked as a staff reporter for The (Memphis, TN) Commercial Appeal for more than 15 years, covering the environment, energy, growth and disasters. Before joining the Commercial Appeal, he had been an editor at the Sun-Herald in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS, The Town Crier in Lake City, TN and The LaFollette (TN) Press. His honors include winning the Malcolm Law Memorial Award for Investigative Reporting, the Editor's Award from The Commercial Appeal and numerous awards from the Tennessee Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. He received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and political science from Indiana University.
Guillermo Contreras covers federal courts and homeland security for the San Antonio (TX) Express-News. Previously, he spent many years with the Albuquerque (NM) Journal where he covered Mexico foreign relations and natural disasters. He also has consulted for Dateline NBC, worked for KOAT-TV and KKOB-AM in Albuquerque. Contreras was a Casey Journalism Fellow for Children and Families in 2000 and attended a journalism program by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations in Stuttgart, Germany. He has received awards from the New Mexico Press Association, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the Inland Press Association. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in mass communication and Spanish from the University of New Mexico.
Dina Doolen senior assistant city editor at the Tucson (AZ) Citizen, supervises a staff of 17 reporters and coordinates long-term projects. Also at the Tucson Citizen, she was the education reporter and a copy editor and page designer. Previously, she worked as an editor for the Casa Grande (AZ) Dispatch, the Coolidge (AZ) Examiner and The Daily Standard in Sikeston, Missouri. Doolen has a Bachelor of Arts in mass communication and journalism from Southeast Missouri State University and was awarded the Eugene C. Pulliam Memorial Journalism Scholarship at University of Evansville.
Jack Douglas, Jr. is a reporter for the Star-Telegram in Fort Worth, Texas, who has covered the Branch Davidians, the Oklahoma City bombing, he 2000 Presidential Election in West Palm Beach and "ground zero" in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. He also consulted for Warner Brothers Television and has worked at the Houston (TX) Post, the Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal and The Texarkana (TX) Gazette. Douglas received a bachelor degree in Journalism from the University of Texas, Austin.
Mickie Enkoji has covered Northern California, criminal justice and the recent war in Iraq for The Sacramento (CA) Bee. She previously worked at the San Bernardino (CA) County Sun and The Press Tribune and Galt Herald both in Sacramento. She has a Bachelor of Arts in government and journalism from California State University, Sacramento.
Kate Folmar covers city government and redevelopment for the San Jose (CA) Mercury News and is one of the six reporters tapped to be on call to cover any terrorism event in the Western United States. She also has covered education for the Los Angeles Times and was a reporter for the City News Service in Los Angeles and the Scripps Howard News Service in Washington D.C. Folmar has won numerous awards and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor in Science in journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.
Kristin Gazlay is the deputy managing editor for The Associated Press and is responsible for overseeing all domestic national news coverage outside Washington D.C. Her previous positions at the Associated Press include assistant bureau chief for Texas; bureau chief in Little Rock, AK; and assistant managing editor for features and news editor in London. Gazlay graduated from Southern Methodist University with degrees in journalism and English.
Shelby Grad assigns stories for the California section and coordinates breaking news as the assistant metro editor for the Los Angeles Times. Grad began as a reporter for the San Jose (CA) Mercury News, moving to the Los Angeles Times where he was a staff writer and assistant city editor of the Orange County edition. He received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from San Jose State University.
Gordon Hickey is the special projects team editor at the Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch where he coordinates all the terrorism-related coverage and homeland security. He has worked as a reporter or editor at numerous publications including The Richmond (VA) News Leader, The Progress-Index in Petersburg, VA and the Waukesha (WI) Freeman. Hickey has won many awards from the Virginia Press Association and currently teaches journalism at the University of Richmond. He earned a Master of Arts in creative writing and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Peter Kendall is the deputy metropolitan editor at the Chicago Tribune. He organizes and supervises national and local science coverage, in addition to running large breaking stories and disaster coverage. Previously at the Tribune, Kendall was an environmental writer and a reporter. He has won the Tribune's Domestic Reporting Award twice and the Peter Lisagor Award, twice. Kendall has a Master of Science in journalism from the University of Illinois and a Bachelor of Arts from Reed College.
Matthew Kreamer supervises coverage of a number of beats, including police, crime, courts, government, growth and education as the assistant metro editor for The Fresno (CA) Bee. As a writer for The Bee, he won over 25 in-house awards, as well as awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association and was a Hearst Foundation Journalism Award finalist. Kreamer has a Bachelor of Arts in mass communication and journalism from California State University, Fresno.
Lawrence Lebowitz is the federal courts and law enforcement reporter for The Miami (FL) Herald, covering terrorism, anthrax and public corruption. He covered the same beat for The Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, FL and has also worked for The Orlando (FL) Sentinel, The Times Herald-Record in Middletown, NY and The Enterprise in Brockton, MA. Lebowitz recently went to Cuba with the Nieman Foundation for Journalists at Harvard University. He has a Bachelor of Science in journalism from Boston University.
Michael Mahi is the Riverside city editor for The Press-Enterprise, where he was lead editor handling stories from their reporter embedded with the Marines from Kuwait and Iraq. He previously worked for years at the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and the Ontario Daily Register in Ontario, CA as well as the Orange County (CA) Register, the Anaheim (CA) Bulletin and The Buena Park (CA) News. Mahi is active in the American Press Institute and received a Bachelor of Arts in communications from California State University, Fullerton.
Randy McCarthy is the crime and breaking news team leader for The News Tribune in Tacoma, WA.
Timothy McGlone is the federal courts and federal agencies reporter covering terrorism and homeland security for The Virginian Pilot in Norfolk and is a correspondent for Reuters news service. He has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Gazette in Schenectady, the Newburgh Evening News and the Middletown Times Herald-Record, all in New York. McGlone is a three-time Virginia Press Association Award winner and a New York State Associated Press Award winner. He has a bachelor degree from the State University of New York, College at New Paltz.
Jeanne Meserve covers homeland security for CNN from Washington D.C. She won an Emmy for her coverage of the Olympic Park bombing and anchored a number of other award winning stories for CNN. She also co-anchored for CNN's NewsDay newscast. Before CNN, she worked for ABC News, anchored WTRV-TV's nightly news in Richmond, VA and was executive producer for public affairs for Maine Public Broadcast Network. Meserve was a Fellow at the Counsel of Foreign Relations and earned her bachelor degree from Middlebury College.
Bill Miller is the assistant city editor supervising coverage of crime and courts for The Washington Post. He was previously a reporter at The Post, The Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, The Plain Dealer and The News-Herald, both in Cleveland, Ohio. Miller has a Master of Science degree in justice from the American University in Washington D.C. and a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Kent State University, Ohio.
Michelle Mittelstadt is the Justice Department correspondent for The Dallas (TX) Morning News and also coordinates coverage of homeland security for the Washington bureau. She also has been the Washington-based Texas correspondent for the Associated Press and the managing editor for The Courier Herald in Dublin, Georgia. Mittelstadt is on the board of directors of the Washington Press Club Foundation, is the recipient of Belo's 2002 Chairman's Award and was a Freedom Forum Paul Miller Fellow. She graduated from the University of Georgia Henry W. Grady School of Journalism and the Intitut Immaculee Conception des Filles de Marie in Brussels.
Charles Moore is city editor for the Albuquerque (NM) Journal, overseeing 15 reporters and three assistant city editors. Moore has also been assistant state editor, assistant city editor, reporter and copy editor at the Journal and was copy editor at The Hartford (CT) Courant. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Connecticut.
Phillip O'Connor is a reporter for the St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch covering homeland security and immigration. Previously, he was a reporter for The Kansas City (MO) Star. He is a member of Military Reporters & Editors and has received numerous awards including ones from the Missouri Press Association, Heart of America Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Knight Ridder James K. Batten Excellence Award. O'Connor has a Bachelor of Science degree in radio and television from Kansas State University.
David Ogul is assistant metro editor for The San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, supervising coverage of crime and public safety. He worked at The Press-Enterprise, in Riverside, as a reporter and assistant metro editor and as a reporter for The Times Advocate in Escondido, and The Citizen in Solano Beach, all in California. Ogul has a Bachelor of Arts from San Diego State University with majors in political science and journalism.
Steve Orr is a writer and columnist for the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, NY, covering homeland security, the environment, public health and local government for over 20 years. He is the president of the Newspaper Guild of Rochester and twice won the New York State Associated Press Writing Award, Continuing Coverage, the Environmental 25 Award from the Center for Environmental Information, the Best of Gannett "Freedom of Information" Award, among others. Orr has a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Michigan State University.
Bill Rams covers the military and homeland security for The Orange County (CA) Register. Previously he covered crime, police and communities The Register. Rams has won awards from the Orange County Press club and a Joan Boris Press Award. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Fullerton.
Lenny Savino supervises the team of courts and police reporters for The Tampa (FL) Tribune. He was the national correspondent for federal law enforcement at the Knight Ridder Washington Bureau, a police reporter for The Orlando (FL) Sentinel. Before becoming a journalist, Savino was a detective lieutenant with the Nassau County police Department in Long Island New York. Savino has a Master of Science degree in print journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was awarded a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship and graduated summa cum laude. He also has a Master of Arts in American history and a bachelor degree in history from St. John's College in Queens, New York.
Matthew Stannard is assigned to the terrorism team at the San Francisco (CA) Chronicle and was lead reporter covering the World Trade Center, anthrax and the war in Iraq. He was previously a reporter for the Oakland (CA) Tribune, the Tri-Valley Herald, in Tracy, CA and was a member of the United States Coast Guard. Stannard won awards from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, the Associated Press News Executives council of California and Nevada and many in-house reporting awards. He has a Master of Science in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor degree in comparative cultures from the College of Notre Dame in Belmont, California.
Frank Stoltze covers the city, criminal justice and immigration beats for KPCC, 89.3FM public radio in Los Angeles. He also has worked as the news director at KPFK, 90.7FM, in Los Angeles and for KLON, 88.1FM in Long Beach, KVEC, 920AM and KKUS 98.1FM, both in San Luis Obispo, California. Stoltze has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University.
Jeff Tollefson writes for the Santa Fe New Mexican, covering Los Alamos National Laboratory and general science issues. Previously, he was a reporter for the Billings (MT) Gazette and the Casper (WY) Star-Tribune. Tollefson has won a number of awards from the New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors, the Montana Newspaper Association and awards from the New Mexico Press Association and the Wyoming Press Association. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in French from the University of Wyoming.
Shelley Triol is the assignments and operations manager for WTHR-TV, the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana, responsible for content, assignments and coordinating field crews. She also was the managing editor at WXIN-TV, the Fox affiliate in Indianapolis and has worked for several other television and radio stations. Triol has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalism, the Associated Press and won a Cleveland NATAS Emmy. She has a bachelor degree from Purdue University.
Dennis Wagner is a senior reporter for The Arizona Republic covering terrorism, federal courts and law enforcement. He spent many years as a reporter and columnist for The Phoenix Gazette and worked for the Ventura County (CA) Star-Free Press, the Whittier (CA) Daily News and was the managing editor and co-founder of the Baja (Mexico) Times. Wagner has won a number of awards for reporting and news column writing from the Arizona Press Club, the Associated Press Managing Editors Association and Best of the West. He has a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from San Diego State University.
Michael Young is the extended news desk editor for the Los Angeles Times, a originating and managing the desk that bridges the newsroom and the newspaper's web site. During his tenure at the Times, Young has worked on the national desk and managed Orange County coverage and a staff of 170. Previously, he worked as city editor at the Providence (RI) Journal, metro editor at the Middlesex (MA) News and a reporter for the Berea (OH) Sun. He has a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Ohio State University.
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What fellows have to say about past seminars:
"The seminar far exceeded my expectations. I walked in a neophyte on water issues and will go home with a huge leg up in tackling water issues in Texas. I've got story ideas, great reference materials (my editor will consider what I'll tell him about the USGS presentation alone worth the price of admission) and excellent contacts. I couldn't have asked for a better program."
- Lee Hancock, Dallas Morning News |
