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| Volume 49, Number 2, Summer 2000 |
The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) has announced the award of this year's Rennie Taylor/Alton Blakeslee Graduate Study Fellowships. The fellowships offer up to $2,000 to both professional journalists and students of outstanding ability who have been accepted for enrollment in graduate-level programs in science writing.
Three of the recipients have been accepted into the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. They are Sarah E. Graham, a graduate of McGill University; Adam G. Rankin, a graduate of Amherst College; and Melissa Sanford, a graduate of Wesleyan University. The fourth recipient, Colleen Rose Kaleda, currently a freelance writer, has been accepted into the University of Oregon Graduate School/Environmental Writing program.
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 ATS' long-time president.
Applications for next year's fellowships will be accepted until July 1, 2001. 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.