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Fellows
Louis Aguilar has been a business writer for the Denver (CO) Post since November 2000. He returned to journalism full-time after a three-year break in which he ran a Latino film festival in Washington D.C. and wrote a novel based on the time spent by Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Aguilar's native Detroit. He is also a former Washington Post staff writer and weekly columnist for the Knight Ridder Tribune News Services on U.S. Latino issues.
Joel Connelly is national correspondent and a columnist for the Seattle (WA) Post- Intelligencer. His beat covers everything from national politics to the environment to Canada. He covered the first meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation forum and leaders' meeting in Seattle in 1993, and APEC's 1997 session in Vancouver, B.C. He also was deeply involved in reporting the World Trade Organization meeting and demonstrations in Seattle in the fall of 1999. Connelly has a B.A. in government from the University of Notre Dame and an M.A. in political science from the University of Washington.
Marcelene Edwards is the technology reporter for The News Tribune in Tacoma, Wash. She writes about technology companies in Puget Sound including Microsoft, Amazon.com and Intel. Before joining The News Tribune, she covered the technology industry and semiconductor giant Micron Technology for The Idaho Statesman in Boise and city government for The Press-Tribune in Nampa, Idaho. Edwards has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Oregon
Leslie Gornstein is a business writer for The Associated Press, Los Angeles Bureau. The focus of her job is globalization, a beat new to the AP on the West Coast. Gornstein specifically covers the exploding areas of global trade and biotechnology. Before joining AP, she was news editor for iFUSE. In addition, she is the founding executive editor of the Association of Online Entertainment Journalists. Gornstein has a B.S. in journalism from Northwestern University.
Kevin Graman is the news editor for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash. and edits the newspaper's weekly Connections page. The Connections page is one of a handful in the country that actively attempts to draw a connection between local news and international news. Graman has a B.A. in journalism from Southern Illinois University.
Eric Grunder is the business editor at The Record in Stockton, Calif. He has been with The Record since 1985, when he began as a copy editor. He was recently honored as the Small Business Advocate of the Year for 2000 by the Stockton San Joaquin County African-American Chamber of Commerce. Grunder holds a B.A. from Humboldt State University and an M.A. from California State University, Sacramento.
Jeff Heinrich is the senior medical writer (and a former business reporter) at The Gazette, Montreal's English-language daily newspaper. He has covered special assignments in Kosovo, Macedonia, Italy, Vietnam, Hong Kong, South Africa and Mali among others. In March 2001, Heinrich will be awarded the Award of Merit for International Reporting by the Canadian Nurses Association. Heinrich has Bachelor's degrees in journalism and languages from Carleton University and Concordia University respectively.
Don Jenkins is a staff reporter for The Daily News in Long View, Wash., where he covers the Washington State Legislature and county government. He contributed three of 10 stories in a series that garnered The Daily News a 1998 Blethen Award for enterprise reporting. Jenkins has a B.A in journalism from Western Washington University.
Michael Lee covers agriculture and the environment for the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash. He has received consecutive McClatchy President's Awards for excellence in journalism, and is the president of the William O. Douglas chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Lee graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in English from Pacific Lutheran University.
Andrew LePage is a business reporter at the Sacramento Bee where he covers residential real estate and enterprise stories with a broader outlook. Prior to joining the Bee in 1999, he was a business reporter for the Orange County Register and the Santa Barbara News-Press, respectively. He also spent 2 years as a stringer for the Los Angeles Times and covered agriculture, foreign trade, real estate and general business news for the San Diego Business Journal. LePage has a B.A. in journalism from San Diego State University.
Annette Dennis McCully is a freelance journalist and owner of McCully Technical Services. She is currently developing case studies on environmental and quality management systems used in companies of all sizes, many of which are global. McCully has a B.A. in management and writing from Goddard College
Dennis Pollock has covered agriculture for the past five years at The Fresno Bee. This past September he spent 10 days in China. Prior to starting at The Fresno Bee in 1978, Pollock was an assistant news editor, assistant city editor and reporter for The San Bernardino Sun. He also spent three years in the U.S. Army serving in public information offices in Virginia and Korea. Pollock has an M.A. and B.A. in journalism from Ohio State University.
Dylan Rivera is an international business reporter for The Oregonian. He covers international trade and the effects of globalization on Pacific Northwest businesses and consumers. Prior to his current position, Rivera spent 4 years at the Austin-America Statesman, as a city hall reporter, special assignment reporter and local government reporter. Rivera has a B.A. in Political Science from Reed College.
Michael Rose covers agriculture and other industries for the Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon. He has written about the state's effort to expand into new markets in Asia, as well as the effect imported products from Mexico has on local farmers since the passage of NAFTA. Prior to his current position, he was a reporter for The Business Journal in Portland, where he reported on international trade, transportation, Columbia River ports and manufacturing. Rose has a B.S. in technical journalism from Oregon State University.
Jon Talton is a columnist for The Arizona Republic, where he writes on such issues as the economy, growth and public policy. He has been a newspaperman for 20 years, working in San Diego, Denver, Cincinnati, Dayton, Ohio and Charlotte. His column has appeared in newspapers throughout North America. Talton led a team as The Dayton Daily News that produced the nation's first computer-assisted investigation into worker safety. The investigation was a finalist for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize in Public Services. As executive business editor of the Charlotte Observer, he led a section that was named "Best in Business" among U.S. newspapers in 2000 by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Talton has a B.A. in theater from Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and has coursework completed toward a master's degree in history at the Miami University of Ohio.
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What fellows have to say about past seminars:
"The (Western Knight Center) program is like a nice piece of writing: tight, bright and brilliant. The work put into the planning, organization and content was evident in how smoothly it all came off. The reputation of the program was demonstrated by the quality of the expert speakers it attracted and the time they were willing to share."
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