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by Carey Institute for Global Good

Project Report | Sep 10, 2020
Summer Updates from the Logan Nonfiction Program

By Zan Strumfeld | Interim Program Manager

The view from our gorgeous Lake Myosotis this June

Thank you for your continued, generous support of the Logan Nonfiction Program. Your contribution helps us meet our goal of empowering nonfiction storytellers to tell the true stories that change our world.

The past six months we've watched the world as we know it change rapidly, and we've been navigating through the uncertainty. A lot of it included just waiting to see what happens. As we mentioned in our last update, we postponed our Spring 2020 class of Logan Nonfiction fellows. Nine documentary filmmakers, writers, photojournalists and podcasters were expected to arrive mid-March, and instead we had to postpone until we felt it was safe for them to come to campus. This was obviously our top priority for the fall, while also thinking of future fellows.

As with every session we host with our program, we want to provide the most meaningful experience for our fellows—for their work, for their community, for their growth. That being said, we have some exciting plans for our fall residency, which we will be announcing very shortly.

Below are some additional programmatic updates from Logan Nonfiction:

Applications for our Fall 2020 session closed on June 1, with nearly 100 applications from all over the world. We were happily overwhelmed to see this, especially with the pandemic. This was our most competitve class to date.
Logan Nonfiction was featured on WAMC, the local NPR affiliate, four times. The interviews can be heard here: https://www.wamc.org/post/observing-chaotic-world-peace-and-quiet (all episodes on this page)
Many alumni have published their books this season and celebrated glowing reviews, including "The Hour of Fate" by Susan Berfield, "How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need" by Judith Matloff, "What Can a Body Do?" by Sara Hendren and "Unforgetting" by Roberto Lovato.
While most of the world has been on pause for nearly four months, Logan Nonfiction alumni have been on the frontlines, covering the coronavirus from all over the world. Stories include Alec Luhn (’19) for Vice, looking at Moscow’s facial recognition tech with COVID-19; Elena Horn (’17) and Alessandro Leonardi (’17) for The Guardian, following a coronavirus ambulance driver in Milan; and Julie Winokur (’19) for BBC, highlighting a new youth reporting project covering the virus. Read some of their work here: https://logannonfiction.org/logan-fellows-covering-covid-19/

In addition, Program Manager Carly Willsie has been furloughed due to the virus in order to take care of her two young children. Because of this, I (Zan Strumfeld) have taken on the role as Interim Program Manager until further notice.

We wish you and your loved ones well.

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