NEWS & EVENTS
Logan Nonfiction Alum Reuben Jonathan Miller Awarded MacArthur Fellowship
Reuben Jonathan Miller, Logan class of 2020, has been awarded a 2022 MacArthur Fellowship. Reuben, a renowned sociologist who studies mass incarceration and how it shapes people’s lives, is an associate professor at the Crown Family School, University of Chicago, and holds affiliate positions in the University of Chicago’s Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, […]
Logan Nonfiction Alumni Win Pulitzer Prizes
Two Logan Nonfiction alumni won Pulitzer Prizes last week: the International Reporting prize within the journalism category and General Nonfiction prize within books, drama & music. A third Logan Nonfiction alum was nominated for the prize in Explanatory Reporting. Andrea Elliott, Logan class of 2019, was awarded the General Nonfiction Pulitzer for her book “Invisible […]
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 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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 […]
LNP Alumni Feature: Tamara Dawit (’20)
Tamara Dawit, Fall 2020 Director/Producer @gobezmedia | www.gobez.ca This week we touch base with Ethiopian-Canadian filmmaker Tamara Dawit. Tamara recently directed “Finding Sally,” a personal investigation into the mysterious life of her aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared during the Ethiopian Revolution. We had the opportunity to find out what Tamara is currently working on, […]
Call for Applications: Fall 2021 Virtual Class
Grant renewed from Jonathan Logan Family Foundation PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2021 Media Contact: Zan Strumfeld, zan@logannonfiction.org Rensselaerville, N.Y. — The Logan Nonfiction Program is currently accepting applications from documentary filmmakers, journalists, podcasters, photojournalists and multimedia creators at work on a long-form project for its Fall 2021 virtual class of fellows. The program […]
Logan Nonfiction Fellow David Zucchino Wins Pulitzer Prize
“Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy” Wins in General Nonfiction Category Rensselaerville, N.Y. — David Zucchino, a 2016 Logan Nonfiction fellow, has won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Columbia University announced June 11. Zucchino was chosen for the Pulitzer for his book “Wilmington’s Lie: The […]
LNP Alumni Feature: M. Leona Godin (’19)
This week we spoke with M. Leona Godin—a writer, performer and educator who is blind. Leona called in from New York, but she and her life partner, Alabaster Rhumb, have been ”vagabonding” for the past year, trying to decide where to settle next. Leona Godin, Fall 2019 Writer, New York @DrMLGodin Leona’s book, “There Plant […]
LNP Alumni Feature: Kenneth R. Rosen (’17)
Kenneth R. Rosen, Spring 2017 Writer/Journalist, Italy Website | @kenneth_rosen This week we touch base with Ken Rosen, contributing writer at WIRED, journalist-in-residence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Executive-in-Residence at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, and author of “Bulletproof Vest” (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020). Ken has been busy promoting his recently released book, […]
LNP Alumni Feature: Sarah Federman (’16)
We continue our alumni feature series with Sarah Federman, who spoke to us from her COVID-getaway spot in British Columbia about the process of writing her soon-to-be-released book, “Last Train to Auschwitz: The French National Railways and the Journey to Accountability.” Sarah Federman, Spring 2016 Assistant Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, University of […]