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Class of 1978

The 1978 Professional Journalism Fellows in standing rows outside, grayscale photo.

Fellows are listed alphabetically, with original titles and employers from their fellowship year.

Jerry Ackerman — Boston, Massachusetts
environmental, energy writer, The Boston Globe
Professional Journalism Fellow

Gila Berkowitz — New York, New York
writer, freelance
Professional Journalism Fellow

LaBarbara Bowman — Washington, D.C.
reporter, The Washington Post
Professional Journalism Fellow

James Carnes — Charleston, West Virginia
columnist, editor, Charleston Gazette
Professional Journalism Fellow

Jack Cox — Denver, Colorado
assistant city editor, The Denver Post
Professional Journalism Fellow

Jack Davis — New Orleans, Louisiana
reporter, The States-Item
Professional Journalism Fellow

Warief Djajanto — Jakarta, Indonesia
reporter, KNI News Service
Professional Journalism Fellow

Kenneth Friedlein — Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Capitol correspondent, Winston-Salem Journal
Professional Journalism Fellow

Bruce Handler — New York, New York
Brazil correspondent, Newsweek
Professional Journalism Fellow

Jack Horan — Charlotte, North Carolina
energy, consumer reporter, Charlotte Observer
Professional Journalism Fellow

Byung-Moo Kim — Seoul, South Korea
foreign news representative, Hankook Ilbo
Professional Journalism Fellow

Steve Lovejoy — Madison, Wisconsin
energy, environment reporter, Wisconsin State Journal
Professional Journalism Fellow

Michael Reilly — Toronto, Canada
Canadian news editor, Reuters
Professional Journalism Fellow

JoAnn Rhetts — Columbia, Maryland
theater, film critic, Columbia Flier
Professional Journalism Fellow

William Ritz — Denver, Colorado
reporter, Associated Press
Professional Journalism Fellow

Birgit Rostrup — Aarhus, Denmark
reporter, freelance
Professional Journalism Fellow

Guillermo Rovzar — Chapultepec, Mexico
attorney, Televisa
Professional Journalism Fellow

James Sellars — Tulsa, Oklahoma
associate editor, Tulsa Tribune
Professional Journalism Fellow

Rosalie Stemer — San Francisco, California
assistant news editor, San Francisco Chronicle
Professional Journalism Fellow

Douglas Stone — Minneapolis, Minnesota
reporter, Minneapolis Tribune
Professional Journalism Fellow

Ewa Zadrzynska — Warsaw, Poland
editor, Polityka Weekly
Professional Journalism Fellow

Barry Zwick — Los Angeles, California
news editor, Los Angeles Times
Professional Journalism Fellow