DBC Senior Fellow Jonathan Hicks Receives Ford Foundation Grant For Writing and Journalism Training in Liberia
Jonathan Hicks, a senior fellow at the DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy at Medgar Evers College and former political reporter for The New York Times, has received a grant from the Ford Foundation to travel to Liberia to write articles and opinion pieces about the redevelopment of that West African country in the aftermath of its lengthy civil war. The grant also provides for Mr. Hicks to begin development of a journalism training program in Liberia. He will be traveling there in November.
Jonathan Hicks is also the host of Urban Focus, a weekly radio program in conjunction with DBC on Medgar Evers College Radio. The show is broadcast every Wednesday from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and programs are archived on the DuBois Bunche Center’s website at www.duboisbunche.org. He will do reporting from Liberia that will be broadcast on Urban Focus and on DBC’s web site.
