Today is a good day.
Check that: today is an extremely good day. Best day in a long while.
Today I was named a fellow of the Pew International Journalism Program. I’ll be spending September, October, and part of December in Washington, D.C., researching and taking classes at Johns Hopkins. And in between, I’ll spend five weeks in Zambia, writing about (okay, read these next few words in a much more somber voice) AIDS and the sexual abuse of school girls.
Like I said, today is a good day.
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20 May | 15:00 | LisLei
Mazel tov! Congratulations! Hooray! Atta boy!
20 May | 15:28 | Leia
Way to go!
20 May | 15:54 | Roger
Very cool...congrats!
20 May | 16:10 | karen
that's wonderful! What an incredible opportunity - best of luck to you.
21 May | 7:27 | Lisa
I'm three for five now with my fellowship with Pew Fellow applicants. Congrats!
21 May | 8:11 | Kevin Smokler
Look at you! Way to go, brother. You'll have to pull some hair at my Alma Mater.
21 May | 9:10 | michaelbrown
Awesome! You rock.
21 May | 9:31 | amanda
congrats! very cool...
21 May | 10:12 | jonny b.
right on, josh, well done. have fun and be careful.
21 May | 11:56 | Abby
Awesome! Way to go :)
21 May | 15:45 | Sinclair
Congratulations - rememeber to blog all about it!
22 May | 17:05 | Maud
Congratulations!
22 May | 17:41 | Stacy
Congratulations and stay safe.
23 May | 14:36 | EricaLucci
Congratulations!!! You're amazing.
24 May | 12:51 | Nicole
Sounds like the chance of a lifetime. All the best to ya!
26 May | 22:01 | James
Great news! Very proud! Looking forward to your stories. Wow, do you think Pitcairn was a factor in this?! You really don't want to become the expert on the sexual abuse of teenage girls, do you? ;)
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Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)
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