New Horizons Travel Fellowship Recipients

2022

  • Brent Foster, Florida-based freelance science writer whose work is published in The Palm Coast Observer
  • Jordan Gass-Pooré, is a New Jersey-based independent journalist and podcast producer
  • Angel Kumari, graduate student in the Johns Hopkins University Science Writing Program
  • Melba Newsome, creator and editor of North Carolina’s Coastal Plans Advocate.

EurekAlert! attendance grantees

  • Saugat Bolakhe, freelance science writer from Nepal and a graduate student at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
  • Briley Lewis, freelance writer and PhD candidate in astronomy and astrophysics at UCLA
  • Adbulrahman Olagunju, freelance science writer based in Iseyin, Nigeria
  • Lina Tran, news reporter at Milwaukee’s NPR station WUWM and freelance journalist
  • Myriam Vidal Valero, graduate student at the Newmark School at CUNY and reporting fellow at Inside Climate News

2021 (virtual program fellows)

  • Lenah Bosibori, freelance journalist, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Sherree Geyer, freelance writer, Phoenix, AZ
  • Charles Gitonga Njeru, freelance journalist, Nairobi Kenya
  • Viola Kosome, Mediamax Network reporter, Kisumu City, Kenya
  • Nesia Mhaka, Climate Tracker news reporter, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Shakoor Ahmad Rather, Press Trust of India science journalist, New Delhi, India
  • Ramu Sapkota, health and science freelance journalist, Kathmandu, Nepal

2019

  • Bobbi Booker, print and broadcast journalist, Philadelphia, PA
  • Paul Nicolaus, freelance writer, Park Falls, WI

2018

  • Carol Lawrence, Los Angeles Business Journal reporter, Los Angeles, CA
  • Jacqueline Rocheleau, freelance science journalist and editor, Albany, NY
  • Greer Russell, writing intern, Argonne National Laboratory, IL

2017 World Conference of Science Journalists

  • William Funk, freelance environmental writer, Staunton, VA
  • Samantha Lee, multimedia journalist, New York, NY

2016

  • Nancy Averett, freelance writer for national and regional publications, Wyoming, OH
  • Amy Mayer, Harvest Public Media reporter, Iowa Public Radio, Ames, IA
  • Jacob Roberts, staff writer, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

2015

  • Lakshmi Chandrasekaran, freelance writer for The Munich Eye, Kansas City, MO
  • Elizabeth Daley, freelance writer for Reuters and other outlets, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Lisa Ann Marshall, freelance writer Men’s Health and other publications, Estes Park, CO
  • Amanda Solliday, reporter for KAWC Colorado River Public Media, Yuma, AZ

2014

  • Jennifer Carpenter, freelance writer, editor and broadcaster whose work has appeared in Science, Nature, New Scientist and the BBC News, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Michael Casey, reporter for Fortune magazine, New York, NY
  • Marissa Fessenden, freelance writer whose work has appeared in Scientific American, Smithsonian and The Scientist, Cody, WY
  • Eric Niiler, freelance contributor to Discovery News, The Washington Post and the BBC/PRI program “The World,” Chevy Chase, MD

2013

  • Jenni Laidman, freelance, Louisville, KY
  • Amanda Mascarelli, freelancer published in the Washington Post, Audubon, Nature, Science, High Country News and Science News for Kids, Denver, CO
  • Wynne Parry, freelance reporter, contributor, LiveScience.com, New York, NY

2012

  • Perrin Ireland, illustrator/science storyteller, Natural Resources Defense Council,  San Francisco, CA
  • Alaina G. Levine, online contributor, National Geographic.com, Tuscon, AZ
  • Danielle Venton, freelance reporter, radio producer, KRCB Public Media, Rohnert Park, CA

2010

  • Sally James, freelance, consumer science writing, Seattle, WA
  • Nancy Atkinson, senior editor, Universe Today, and producer, Astronomy Cast, 365 Days of Astronomy.

2009

  • Katherine Gammon, freelance science writer, Santa Monica, CA; writes for Wired, Popular Science and Nature News
  • Lisa Grossman, freelance writer, Metuchen, NJ; has been an intern at Wired, New Scientist and Now at Science News
  • Adam Hinterthuer, freelance writer, Madison, WI, writes for ScienceNow, Scientific American and Wired.com
  • Roberta Kwok, freelance writer, Foster City, CA, writes for Nature, Conservation, Salon.com, California and Science News for Kids
  • Jessica Robinson, news director, Jefferson Public Radio, Ashland, OR
  • Eleanor Spicer, freelance writer for CoastWatch, NCSU Technician and Southern Living magazine, NC

The 2009 New Horizons Travel Fellowships were underwritten by a grant from the McCormick Foundation.

2008

  • Brendan Borrell, freelance, Brooklyn, NY
  • Kate Gammon, freelance, Santa Monica, CA
  • Paul Haas, freelance, Overland Park, KS
  • Laura Katers, freelance, Denver, CO
  • Lucas Laursen, freelance, Riverside, CA
  • Carol Milano, freelance, Brooklyn, NY
  • Melissa Lee Phillips, freelance, New York, NY
  • Megan Rulison Scudellari, freelance, Philadelphia, PA
  • Emily Sohn, freelance, Minneapolis, MN
  • Wendy Lyons Sunshine, freelance, Arlington, TX
  • Sarah Webb, freelance, Brooklyn, NY
  • Erica Westly, freelance, Brooklyn, NY

2007

  • Kevin Begos, freelance, Apalachicola, FL
  • Alison Drain, freelance, Rocky River, OH
  • Hannah Hoag, freelance, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Sharon Levy, freelance, Arcata, CA
  • Amy Maxmen, freelance, Cambridge, MA
  • Emma Marris, correspondent for Nature, Washington, DC
  • Robin Mejia, freelance, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Jane Neff Rollins, freelance, Montrose, CA
  • Krista West, freelance, Fairbanks, AK
  • Jennifer Weeks, freelance, Watertown, MA
  • Michele Zacks, freelance, Galveston, TX

2006

  • Catherine Clabby, News & Observer, Durham, NC
  • Boonsri Dickinson, Daily Camera, Boulder, CO
  • Alison Drain, freelance, St. Louis, MO
  • Jennifer Evans, University of Wisconsin
  • E-Ching Lee, North Carolina Sea Grant
  • Kirsten Sanford, This Week in Science
  • Nicole Strickera, Post Register, Idaho Falls, ID
  • Mwela Uqoezwa, Raleigh, NC
  • Laura M. Reckford, Falmouth Enterprise

2005

  • Jennie Laidman, Toledo Blade, OH
  • Dee Anne Finken, freelance, CA
  • Graciela Flores, Contributor, Nature, The Scientist, Natural History, New York, NY
  • Rachael Seravalli, Lincoln Journal, NE
  • Katie Wong, California Wild, San Francisco, CA
  • Doug Fox, freelance, San Francisco, CA
  • Fanella Saunders, American Scientist, NC
  • Erin Seiling, NC Sea Grant Magazine
  • Robert Frederick, KWMU, reporter (NPR)
  • Naseem Sowti, The Star Press, Muncie, IN

2004

  • Katherine Agione, writer, NC Sea Grant Coastwatch, Raleigh, NC
  • Genevieve Bookwalter, reporter, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Anna Davison, reporter, Santa Barbara News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Lisa Eckelbecker, reporter, Worcester Telegram and Gazette, Worcester, MA
  • Julie Kinyoun, freelance, San Diego, CA
  • Suzi Parker, freelance, Little Rock, AR
  • Czerne Reid, freelance, Atlanta, GA
  • John Simmons, author and freelancer, Apple River, IL
  • Emily Singer, Somerville, MA.

2003

  • Abiose Adelaja, New Age Newspaper, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Kandice Carter, AAAS Science Update
  • Rachel Ehrenberg, freelance, Skandia, MI
  • Edna Francisco, science intern, Washington, DC
  • John Heys, The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV
  • Carolyn Jones Otten, freelance & Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • Lori Rackl, Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL
  • Anna E. Strachan, NPR’s Talk of the Nation & Science Friday, NYC
  • Becky Trout, Daily Democrat, Woodland, CA
  • Aileo Weinmann, Capital News Service, East Lansing, MI

2002

  • Charles Choi, freelance, New York, NY
  • Margaret Crane, freelance, New York, NY
  • Greg Kline, reporter, News Gazette, Champaign, IL
  • Lisa Klink, freelance, Cement City, MI
  • Stephen Leahy, freelance, Brookline, Ontario, Canada
  • Laura Pierce, editor, Courier-Times, Sedro-Woolley, WA
  • Ben Shouse, freelance contributor to Science, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Mary Beckman, freelance, Idaho Falls, ID
  • Kimbra Cutlip, Weatherwise magazine, Washington, DC
  • Eran Karmon, freelancer and intern at Seattle Times, Seattle, WA

2001

  • Marc Airhart, Earth & Sky Radio Series, Austin, TX
  • Kevin Begos, correspondent, Winston-Salem Journal, Washington, DC
  • Sameh Falmy, The News-Star, Monroe, LA
  • Karen Gardner, North Adams Transcript, North Adams, MA
  • Betsy Mason, intern, California Wild magazine, Stanford, CA
  • Mari Jensen, Tucson Citizen, AZ
  • Solana (Sonnie) Pyne, Discover magazine, New York, NY
  • Camile Mojica Rey, freelance, San Carolos, CA
  • Linda Roach, freelance, Portland, OR
  • Emily Sohn, freelance, Tarrytown, NY
  • Katherine Stapp, Global Information Network/Inter Press Service, NYC
  • Bruce Sylvester, freelance/UPI/HealthScout, LakeWorth, Fl
  • Andrea Widener, Contra Costa Times, Pleasanton, CA.

2000

  • David Appell, freelance, Gilford, NH
  • Greg Clark, Space.com and freelance, New York, NY
  • Sandra Doughton, The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
  • Eric Frankowski, Longmont Daily Times-Call, Longmont, CO
  • Marlene MacLeisch, Morehouse School of Medicine, Outreach Program, Atlanta, GA
  • Kimberly Masibay, Food & Wine magazine and freelance, New York, NY
  • David Terraso, CNN.com, Atlanta, GA
  • Kathleen Wong, Monterey Herald, Monterey, CA

1999

  • Anday O. Alali, The Runner, California State University, Bakersfield, CA
  • Judie Marks, The Herald, Monterey County, CA
  • Susie Bodman, Gazette-Times, Corvallis, OR
  • Debra Brownley, Gettysburg Times, Gettysburg, PA
  • Steve Tomaska, Daily Press, Ashland, WI
  • Diedtra Henderson, freelance, Seattle, WA
  • Mary Landers, Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA
  • Victoria Parker-Stevens, Carlsbad Current-Argus, Carlsbad, NM

1998

  • Lorisa Brass, The Oak Ridger, Oak Ridge, TN
  • Andrew D. Bridges, Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena, CA
  • Lynne Glover, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Anntoinette (Toni) Moore, Longview News-Journal, Longview, TX
  • Donna Mungen, USA Today, Altadena, CA
  • Jill Nicholls, Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, WI
  • Kurt Loft, The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, FL
  • Christina Johnson, North Country Times, Solana Beach, CA;

1997

  • Sonja Bisbee, Fort Collins Coloradoan
  • Nancy Hanger, Independent-Mail, Anderson, SC
  • Andrew Holtz, Holtz Report, Portland, OR
  • Katy Human, Daily Camera, Boulder, CO
  • Robin Lloyd, Pasadena Star News, Pasadena, CA
  • David Penticuff, Muncie Star Press, Muncie, IN
  • Darrell Stover, freelance, Cary, NC

1996

  • Cinda Becker, The Home News & Tribune, East Brunswick, NJ
  • Allan Brettman, The Daily News, Longview, WA
  • John Cutter, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL
  • Kristina Eddy, Valley News, White River Junction, VT
  • Robert L. Monroe, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ontario, CA
  • L.E. Ohman, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Iowa City, IA
  • C. J. Cross Roberts, Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Lancaster, OH
  • Wayne Patridge, The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, GA

1995

  • Loretta S. Callahan, The Columbian, Vancouver, WA
  • Jeff Kralowetz, The York Dispatch, York, PA
  • Eric Larson, The Anniston Star, Anniston, AL
  • liliane Parbot-Johnson, Sun Herald, Charlotte, FL
  • Daniel W. Shieder, II, The Sherman Democrat Sherman, TX
  • Robyn A. Suriano, The Tribune, Fort Pierce, FL
  • Tom Abate, American Tentative Society Travel Fellow

1994

  • Mario Aguilera, San Diego Daily Transcript, San Diego, CA
  • Larry O’Hanlon, Tahoe Daily Tribune, Lake Tahoe, CA
  • Candance Pollock, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, Alexandria, LA
  • Neil Savage, Bristol Press, Bristol, CT
  • Sharienne Sweeney, Cochocton Trbune, Cochocton, OH

1993

  • Caroline Dopyera, Raleigh News & Observer, Raleigh, NC
  • Sandra Doughton, Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
  • Al Knauber, Bozeman News, Bozeman, MT
  • Geri Rudolph, Saginaw News, Saginaw, MI
  • Nathan Seppa, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI
  • Lawrence Spohn, Albuquerque TribuneAlbuquerque, NM
  • Elizabeth Wilson, Pasadena Star News, Pasadena, CA
  • Sito Negron, El Paso Times, El Paso, TX

1992

  • Julie Baumkel, Oakland Press, Oakland, MI
  • Keith Easthouse, Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, NM
  • Lyle Muller, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA
  • Elaine Porterfield, Tacoma Morning News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
  • Jerry Rhodes, Columbian, Vancouver, WA
  • Mike Stobbe, Flint Journal, Flint, MI
  • Kim Strosnider, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • David Tannebaum, freelance, Madison, WI

1991

  • Gale Greenwood, Daily World, Aberdeen, WA
  • Michele Y. Hoskins, Shreveport Journal, Shreveport, LA
  • Annette Kondo, Pasadena Star News, Pasadena, CA
  • Steve Silkin, The Enterprise, Simi Valley, CA
  • Daniel Westneat, Valley Daily News, Kent, WA
  • Michel Mairiott, New York Times, New York, NY

1990

  • Phil Galewitz, Harrisburg Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA
  • John Keefe, Racine Journal, Racine, WI
  • Len Menaici, Journal News, West Nyack, NY
  • Tom Mitchell, Holyoke Transcript Telegram, Holyoke, MA
  • Timothy Rogers, Centre Daily Times, State College, PA
  • Nancy Serrell, Valley News, West Lebanon, NH
  • Harriet Washington, Rochester Democrat Chronicle, Rochester, NY
  • Ed Yeates, KSL-TV