CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Foundation has awarded yearlong Roy W. Howard Fellowships to three Arizona State University graduates, giving them hands-on investigative reporting experience working at major media outlets.
The new class of fellows will work in nonprofit newsrooms across the country, including Connecticut Public, Flatwater Free Press and Mississippi Today.
The fellowship program, established in 2020, honor Roy W. Howard, former chairman of the Scripps Howard newspaper chain and a pioneering news reporter whose relentless pursuit of the news took him around the world, spurred innovation and helped lay the groundwork for modern journalism.
The fellowships are given to graduates of the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland and Arizona State University. The Howard Centers were established in 2018.
The 11th class of Roy W. Howard fellows:
Emma Croteau has joined Flatwater Free Press in Nebraska. Croteau received her Master of Arts degree in investigative journalism from ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. As an investigative journalist for ASU’s Howard Center, her reporting focused on law enforcement policies, including the use of force. Croteau’s coverage has ranged from healthcare and the impacts of international aid cuts on vulnerable populations in Panama to unique businesses and communities in Arizona, such as the state’s only collegiate sailing team. She has contributed to international news outlets including The New York Times and CBS News.
Isabelle Marceles has joined Connecticut Public’s Accountability Project to report on education, housing, government and economic issues across the state. Marceles earned both her bachelor’s degree in journalism and Master of Arts in investigative journalism at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her accountability reporting centers on telling people-focused stories through visual and data-driven journalism at the international, national and local level. In Panama, Marceles documented the release of hundreds of migrants deported from the United States. At the Howard Center, she led complex data and public records driven investigations, including analyses of police use-of-force programs and successful appeals for previously denied law enforcement data. She has contributed to national reporting with CBS News and the Scripps News Group and is active in the ASU chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Arizona Latino Media Association and Investigative Reporters and Editors.
Madeline Nguyen, a Society of Professional Journalists award-winning investigative reporter, is joining Mississippi Today. Nguyen’s mission is to unite data and in-depth reporting to tell stories about the hidden disparities that shape people’s lives. She has led data-driven investigations at the local level through ASU’s Howard Center, and at the national level as a congressional correspondent for the Washington bureau of Cronkite News – Arizona PBS. She recently earned a Master of Arts in investigative journalism from ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and also holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science from ASU. Her work has uncovered millions in unused federal funds for Arizona’s homeless students, discovered critical gaps in edited body-camera footage released by the Phoenix Police Department, and contributed to an investigation by The Guardian that sparked a consumer petition against pricing practices at the grocery giant Kroger.
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About the Scripps Howard Foundation
The Scripps Howard Foundation is a private foundation established in 1962 to advance charitable causes important to The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) and the Scripps and Howard families. The Foundation is dedicated to creating informed and engaged communities through journalism education.