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• Ahmar Musti Khan – The Times, Shreveport, La.• Sharon Narcisse – Daily American, Somerset, Penn.• Elizabeth Roman – Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.• Jacqueline Sanchez – Star-Herald, Scottsbluff, Neb.• Christopher Sanders – Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser• Janar Stewart – South Bend (Ind.) Tribune• Hanna Tamrat – Oakland TribuneThe Freedom Forum, based in Arlington, Va., is a nonpartisan foundation dedicatedto free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on threepriorities: the Newseum, First Amendment issues and diversity in U.S. daily newspapernewsrooms.FREEDOM FORUM DIVERSITY INSTITUTE ACCEPTINGAPPLICATIONS FOR 2006 CLASSNASHVILLE, Tenn. —The Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, a training programat Vanderbilt University for people of color who want to become journalists but havenot had formal journalism training, is accepting applications for its 2006 class of journalismfellows.The Freedom Forum Diversity Institute is an intensive 12-week program that trainspeople of color, particularly non-traditional or second-career professionals, who wantto become journalists in a daily U.S. newspaper newsroom. The program is designed todevelop participants’ skills as reporters, copy editors, photographers and graphic artists.The Freedom Forum pays all expenses for training, transportation and housing, plus astipend during the training period. To be admitted to the program, participants musthave sponsoring newspapers that agree to provide them full-time jobs as journalistsupon successful completion of the training session. Since the Diversity Institute openedin June 2002, 67 fellows have graduated from the program.The 2006 Diversity Institute class will run from Feb. 5 to April 28. The applicationdeadline is Dec. 9.The Diversity Institute is located in Nashville, Tenn., on the campus of VanderbiltUniversity, adjacent to the First Amendment Center. Eligible nominees must be able torelocate temporarily to Nashville during the training period, and agree to work at thenewspaper that endorses their application at the end of the classroom instruction time.Working with daily newspapers throughout the United States, the institute helps placeparticipants in or near locations where they currently reside.For additional information, including application information, visit the DiversityInstitute’s Web site (diversityinstitute.org.) Nominations and application forms should bemailed to: Robbie Morganfield, Executive Director, Freedom Forum Diversity Instituteat Vanderbilt University, 1207 18th Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37212BEA—Educating tomorrow’s electronic media professionals 19