12 Journalists Get Michigan Fellowships

twelve American journalists have been awarded fellowships for the coming academic year by the University of Michigan's Knight-Wallace Fellows program.

While on leave from their news organizations, the fellows will work on projects of their choosing and receive stipends of $55,000.

The group is the 31st to receive fellowships from the university. The program, formerly known as the Michigan Journalism Fellows, was renamed last year after a $1 million gift from the CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace and his wife, Mary, and a $5 million matching grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Six international fellows will be named next month.

Jennifer Babson, 32, Keys bureau chief, The Miami Herald; diaspora, identity and community in Latin America.

Eve Conant, 31, Moscow correspondent, Newsweek; radioactive and chemical pollution in developing countries.

Rob Daumeyer, 38, editor, Cincinnati Business Courier; race and inner-city economics.

Nancy Derringer, 45, columnist/reporter, The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.); old media, new media and an informed public.

Vahe Gregorian, 43, reporter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; history and the demise of sportsmanship.

L'Tanya Joyner, 43, business writer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; 9/11 and the sense of loss.

Salwa Kanaana, 33, correspondent/Web editor, Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper (London); press freedom and political stability in the Arab world.

Mary Losure, 50, environmental reporter, Minnesota Public Radio; international environmental issues.

Chris Lydgate, 37, assistant news editor, Willamette Week (Portland, Ore.); emerging diseases and syndromes.

Vince Patton, 40, environmental reporter, KGW-TV (Portland, Ore.); American Indians and environmental law.

Jay Weiss, 42, producer, ABC News, "Nightline" (Washington); American foreign policy and international law.

Holly Yettick, 30, education reporter, Rocky Mountain News (Denver); bilingual education.

these are all liberal research topics. "the fellows will work on projects of their choosing"--if someone chose a liberalnot topic, would they have a job or a scholarship? not.

the vast majority of americans probably don't make $55,000 per year. nor do they agree with these liberal projects.

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