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| Volume 51, Number 4, Fall, 2002 |
TAYLOR/BLAKESLEE FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED FOR GRADUATE STUDIESThe Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) has announced the recipients of this year’s Rennie Taylor/Alton Blakeslee Graduate Studies Fellowships. The fellowships offer up to $2,000 to both professional journalists and students of outstanding ability who have been accepted into graduate-level programs in science writing. Three recipients will attend the UC Santa Cruz science-writing program. They are: Suzanne Rust Quick, who completed an M.S. at the University of Wisconsin and was a AAAS Mass Media Fellow; Emily Singer, a UC San Diego graduate and a AAAS Mass Media Fellow; and Nicole Lynn Stricker, who received her doctorate from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Kathleen Mary O’Neil, who graduated from the University of Colorado, will continue at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado. Support for the fellowships derive largely from a special bequest made to CASW by the American Tentative Society (ATS), which, for three decades, played an important role in promoting public understanding of science and the scientific process. The fellowships honor the memory of Rennie Taylor, a science writer for the Associated Press, whose estate provided funds for the establishment of ATS, and Alton Blakeslee, AP science editor, who served as long-time president of ATS. Applications for next year’s fellowships will be accepted until July 1, 2003. Journalists with at least two years of mass-media experience will receive preferential treatment in the selection process. Students must have undergraduate degrees in science or journalism and must convince the CASW selection committee of their ability to pursue a career in science writing for the general public. For more information contact Diane McGurgan at diane@nasw.org. # |