Logan Nonfiction Returns to In-Person Fellowship
Logan Nonfiction Announces Spring 2022 Class of Fellows
Program to host first in-person session since the start of COVID-19
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March 22, 2022
Media Contact: Carly Willsie, carly@logannonfiction.org
Rensselaerville, N.Y. — The Logan Nonfiction Program welcomes 12 accomplished journalists and documentary filmmakers into its fellowship this spring, with fellows set to arrive at the Carey Institute for Global Good campus on April 2. This is the first time Logan Nonfiction will host fellows in person for more than two years.
Traditionally a face-to-face residency in Rensselaerville, N.Y., the fellowship has been wholly virtual since the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020. This class’s fellows will work on nonfiction books and documentary films throughout the program, which will occur both in person and online for 10 weeks.
“We are thrilled to welcome Logan fellows back to the Carey Institute’s historic 100-acre campus after so long,” said Gareth Crawford, president of the Carey Institute. “The virtual program was a great success, but nothing can compare to the deep focus and sense of community that build naturally in residence. We look forward to sharing our beautiful property with these incredible reporters.”
The fellowship, founded in 2015, has supported nearly 250 writers, filmmakers, photojournalists and podcasters since its inception. Works produced in residence have gone on to win the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, a Sundance award, the Lukas-Work-in-Progress Award, the Hillman Prize and many more international accolades.
The journalists and filmmakers selected for the spring 2022 class represent a diverse array of nonfiction voices from around the world. Fellows include Justine van der Leun, an independent journalist and host of the lauded “Believe Her” podcast, who is reporting on women and mass incarceration in America; critically acclaimed author Angela Saini, who is at work on her fourth book, a sweeping history of the origins of patriarchy from the Neolithic onward; Pedro de Filippis, an award-winning filmmaker who is completing his first feature-length documentary about dam ruptures in highly populated areas of Brazil; and Viv Li, a Chinese filmmaker who explores the polarization of cultures and political systems through the lens of sex and gender in her newest documentary film.
A record number of applications were received for the 2022 Logan Nonfiction Program. By providing fellows with focused workspace, mentoring, workshopping and networking opportunities with world-renowned nonfiction creators, Logan Nonfiction seeks to provide media makers with the type of sustained support vital to completing groundbreaking works of long-form nonfiction.
Twenty-five total fellows were selected for the 2022 fellowship, including the 12 journalists and filmmakers joining the program in April, plus an additional 13 set to arrive later this summer (announcement forthcoming).
Primary funding for the Logan Nonfiction Program is provided by the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation — empowering world-changing work in investigative journalism, documentary film and arts & culture.
Additional foundation support is provided by the Open Society Foundations.
The Logan Nonfiction Program’s mission is to empower writers, documentary filmmakers, photojournalists and multimedia creators to complete the nonfiction that changes our world. Logan Nonfiction fellows are known for bravely revealing inequality, illuminating untold truths and investigating the most pressing issues of the day through long-form narrative.
The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation supports organizations that advance social justice by empowering world-changing work in investigative journalism, arts and culture, and documentary film.
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens.