Seminar Graduates in Opinion Writing
1996
Deborah Locke
Editor
Twin Cities Planet in Minneapolis
Stan Simpson
Columnist
The Hartford Courant
1997
Cary Clack
Columnist
San Antonio Express-News
Douglas C. Lyons
Senior editorial writer
Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale
Tanyaa Weathersbee
Opinion columnist and member of editorial board
Florida Times-Union
1999
Javier Aldape
Vice president of niche products for the newspaper division of the E.W. Scripps Company
2000
Richard Ruelas
Columnist
Arizona Republic
Alberta Brooks Phillips
Associate editor
Austin American-Statesman
Gloria Padilla
Editorial writer
San Antonio Express-News
2001
Shanna L. Flowers
Columnist
The Roanoke Times
2002
Shauna Rhone
Web editor
Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin
Dawn Bracely
Editorial writer
The Buffalo News
Veronica Bucio
Editorial board member and assistant Outlook/op-ed editor
Houston Chronicle
2003
Daniel Vasquez
Consumer columnist
Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale
Finalist for Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing while at the San Jose Mercury News in 2005
Wynona Majied-Martinez
Assistant opinion editor/editorial writer
Reno Gazette Journal
Adrienne T. Washington
Columnist
The Washington Times
Jeffery Allen Winbush
Columnist
Columbus ALIVE in Ohio
2004
Erica Bryant
Editorial writer
Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York
Charita Goshay
Syndicated columnist
The Repository in Canton, Ohio
Cindy Hernandez
Editorial writer
Phoenix New Times
Naomi Ishisaka
Editor
ColorsNW Magazine in New York
2005
Lawrence Aaron
Columnist
The Record in Hackensack, N.J.
Kamahria Hopkins
Editorial writer and web editor
Rochester Democrat-Chronicle in New York
2006
Pati Poblete
Deputy editorial page editor
The Honolulu Advertiser
Ann-Marie Adams
Editor
The Hartford Guardian
Rebecca M. Chapa
Editorial writer
San Antonio Express-News
Sherri Owens
Editorial writer
Orlando Sentinel
2007
Meredith D. Clark
Associate opinion editor
Tallahassee Democratin Florida
Martha Martinez
Associate editor-opinion
The Bakersfield Californian
Rochelle Williams
Editorial writer/columnist
The Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina
2008
Melanie Burney
Editorial writer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Leigh Donaldson
Columnist
Portland Press Herald in Maine
Andre Jackson
Editorial writer
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Clemon Richardson
Columnist
The New York Daily News
Deron Synyer
The News-Press
Fort Myers, Florida
2009
Sharon Stringer
Editorial writer
Centre Daily Times in State College, PA.
Rhetta Peoples
Columnist
The Florida Sun in Orlando
Roger Caldwell
Special Columnist
Orlando Sentinel