21 Journalists Chosen for Fellowships to USC Annenberg's NEA Theater Institute

Twenty-one arts journalists from 13 states have been chosen to participate as fellows in USC Annenberg's seventh National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater. Fellows include theater critics, reporters, editors and general arts & entertainment journalists. The Institute will be held in Los Angeles from June 13 to 22, with the generous support of the NEA.

The 21 NEA Fellows are:

• Christopher Arnott, affiliated arts journalist and critic, New Mass Media, Inc., New Haven, Conn.
• Martin Brady, affiliated theater critic, Nashville Scene, Tenn.
• Anthony Byrnes, affiliated weekly columnist and theater critic, "Opening the Curtain," KCRW, Venice, Calif.
• Linda Fowler, affiliated arts writer, nj.com and Advance Publications Inc., Tewksbury, N.J.
• Nancy Fowler, arts reporter, St. Louis Beacon, Mo.
• Ben Fulton, arts reporter, The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah
• Rachel Lee Harris, arts & culture news assistant/freelance writer, The New York Times, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Lou Harry, arts & entertainment editor, Indianapolis Business Journal, Ind.
• Gerry Christopher Johnson, freelance writer, Philadelphia Weekly and Philadelphia Tribune, Pa.
• Maura Judkis, art, theater and culture reporter, TBD.com, Washington, D.C.
• Jenny Lawton, associate producer, "Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen," from PRI and WNYC, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Kerry Lengel, theater reporter and critic, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz.
• Rebecca Milzoff, arts reporter, New York Magazine, N.Y.
• Jesse North, founder and editor, Stage Rush, New York, N.Y.
• Kathryn Osenlund, affiliated theater critic, CurtainUp.com, Philadelphia, Pa.
• Julie Potter, affiliated arts journalist, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Calif.
• Walter Ryce, staff writer and calendar coordinator, Monterey County Weekly, Seaside, Calif.
• Laura Spencer, arts reporter, KCUR, Kansas City, Mo.
• Grace Suh, theater writer, The Pitch, Kansas City, Mo.
• David Timberline, affiliated theater critic, Style Weekly magazine, Richmond, Va.
• Benjamin Waterhouse, assistant arts and culture editor, Willamette Week, Portland, Ore.