Journalist-in-Space
There were 1,703 applicants for the program. Selections were made by the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, administered by the College of Journalism at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. The chief program officer was Dean Emeritus Albert T. Scroggins. Here are listed all of the 100 regional semifinalists announced in April 1986. The list was reduced to 40 (*) on 14 May 1986. No final selections were ever made.
Arkansas
* Michael Masterson
Little Rock
WHECO Media
California
* A. Blaine Baggett
Los Angeles
KCET-TV
Marcida Dodson
Irvine
Los Angeles Times
Susan Farrell
San Diego
KGTV-TV
* Timothy Ferris
Hollywood
freelance
Willard (Gene) Gleeson
Los Angeles
KABC-TV
* Michael Gold
San Rafael
Science 86 Magazine
* Richard Hart
San Francisco
KPIX-TV
Michael Hagedus
San Rafael
KPIX-TV
Patricia Klein
Chatsworth
Los Angeles Times
Martin Kimball Livingston
San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
* Thomas (Jay) Mathews
Pasadena
Washington Post
* Lee McEachern, Jr.
Greenbrae
KGO-TV
Michael Parfit
Santa Barbara
freelance
* Charles Petit
San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
John Popejoy
Los Angeles
KCOP-TV
Michael Rogers
Oakland
Newsweek
Jim Schefter
Playa del Ray
freelance
Douglas Struck
San Francisco
Baltimore Sun
Colorado
* Frederic (Ted) Conover
Denver
freelance
* Diane Eicher
Lakewood
Denver Post
John Meyer
Lakewood
Rocky Mountain News
Connecticut
Burton Bernstein
Bridgewater
The New Yorker
* Morton Dean
Ridgefield
INN
Gayle Young
Westport
UPI
District of Columbia
Warren Corbett
D.C.
BIZNET
Richard Gore
D.C.
National Geographic
* Anne (Kathy) Sawyer
D.C.
Washington Post
Marty E. Thornton
D.C.
Washington Post
* James Wooten
D.C.
ABC News
* Storer Rowley
D.C.
Chicago Tribune
Florida
* Jay Barbee
Cocoa Beach
freelance
Thomas Fiedler
Miami
Miami Herald
* Robert Navias
Coral Gables
UPI
Mark Prendergast
Boca Raton
Fort Lauderdale News & Sun-Sentinel
Georgia
Thomas Mintier, Jr.
Atlanta
CNN
Illinois
* John Hockenberry
Chicago
National Public Radio
* Theresa (Terry) Anzur
Chicago
NBC News
Linda Yu (Baer)
Chicago
WLS-TV
Dennis Breo
Chicago
American Medical News
* Joan Esposito
Chicago
WLS-TV
Ronald Kotulak
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Donn Pearlman
Chicago
WBBM-TV and Radio
Steven Vogel
Bloomington
WJBC-WBNQ Radio
Indiana
* Hal Higdon
Michigan City
freelance
Thomas Tuley
Newburgh
Evansville Press
Iowa
Mary Murray
Iowa City
Des Moines Register
Robert Shaw
Des Moines
Des Moines Register
Kansas
Mark Chamberlin
Wichita
KAKE-TV
Larry Hatteburg
Wichita
KAKE-TV
Maryland
Jon Franklin
Glen Burnie
freelance
James (Jim) Hartz
Chevy Chase
WNET-TV
Malcolm McConnell
Queenstown
Reader's Digest
Boyce Rensburger
Frederick
Washington Post
James Reston, Jr.
Bethesda
Newsweek
* Alexander Rossiter, Jr.
Columbia
UPI
Massachusetts
David Arnold
North Quincy
Boston Globe
J. Kelly Beatty
Chelmsford
Sky & Telescope
* Stanley Grossfield
Squantum
Boston Globe
* Caroline (Terry) Marotta
Winchester
freelance
Michigan
Dinah Eng
Troy
Detroit News
* Barbara Stanton
Detroit
Detroit Free-Press
Minnesota
Millard L. (Lew) Cope
Bloomington
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
* Jim Klobuchar
Minnetonka
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Thomas Garrison
Minneapolis
KSTP-TV
Linda Kohl
St. Paul
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Missouri
Diane Ackerman
St. Louis
Parade Magazine
* Robert White II
Mexico
Mexico Ledger
Al Wilman
St. Louis
KMOX-TV
New
York
Robert Bazell
New York
NBC News
* William Blakemore
New York
ABC News
* Walter Cronkite
New York
CBS News
* Jerry Flint
New York
Forbes Magazine
Geraldo Rivera
New York
freelance
* Roger Rosenblatt
New York
Time Magazine
Peter Saigo
New York
WCBS-TV
* Lynn Sherr
New York
ABC News
Lindsey E. Van Gelder
New York
Ms. Magazine
* John Noble Wilford
New York
New York Times
North
Carolina
Frank Tursi
Clemmons
Winston-Salem Journal
Oklahoma
Charles Sasser
Gore
freelance
Pennsylvania
Mark Bowden
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer
Maximo Gomez
Philadelphia
KYW-TV
Dorothy Storck
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer
Rhode Island
Mark Patinkin
Providence
Providence Journal
Texas
* Paul Recer
Houston
Associated Press
Steven Gauvain
Houston
KTRK-TV
* James Asker
Houston
Houston Post
Chris Rene Marrou
Boerne
KENS-TV
Robert (Chip) Moody II
Houston
KHOU-TV
Alcestis Oberg
Dickenson
freelance
Daniel O'Rourke
Houston
KPRC-TV
Scott Pelley
Dallas
KFAA-TV
* Colice Kathryn (Katie) Sherrod
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Virginia
* Marcia Bartusiak
Norfolk
freelance
* Barry Serafin
Fairfax
ABC News
* James Snyder (Jim Slade)
McLean
MBS
Washington
Steven Goldsmith
Seattle
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
* Peter Rinearson
Seattle
Seattle Times
Wisconsin
* Paul Hayes
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal
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