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Previous Speakers
Spring 2008: Dana Priest, Washington Post; Jim Wooten, ABC News

Fall 2007: Jerry Kammer, Copley News Service*; Diana Henriques, The New York Times

Spring 2007: Sydney Schanberg, author/journalist*; Karen DeYoung, Washington Post*

Fall 2006: Juan Williams, National Public Radio; Jennifer Hunter, Chicago Sun-Times

Spring 2006: Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated#; Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times

Fall 2005: Anne Hull, Washington Post; Buzz Bissinger, author/journalist*

Spring 2005: David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times*; Bill Marimow, National Public Radio*

Fall 2004: Walter Mears, Associated Press*; Cynthia Tucker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution*

Spring 2004: David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette*; Ken Fuson, Des Moines Register

Fall 2003: Rod Nordland, Time#; Bill Lyon, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Spring 2003: Steve Twomey, Los Angeles Times*; Alicia Shepard, Washington Post

Fall 2002: David Halberstam, author/journalist*; Paul Greenberg, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette*

Spring 2002: Leonard Pitts Jr., syndicated columnist*; Claire Smith, The New York Times; Lori Shotnz, St. Louis Post-Dispatch#

Fall 2001: Richard Ben Cramer, author/journalist*; David Maraniss, author/journalist*

Spring 2001: Michael Gartner*; Wil Haygood, Washington Post; Ann Gerhart, Washington Post#

Fall 2000: Anna Quindlen, author/journalist*; Mark Bowden, author/journalist; Jerry Schwartz, The Associated Press#

Spring 2000: Ron Suskind, author/journalist*; Madeline Blais, author/journalist*; Paul Hendrickson, Washington Post#

Fall 1999: James McBride, author; Michael Vitez, The Philadelphia Inquirer*; Alecia Swasy, Wall Street Journal#

*-Denotes Pulitzer Prize winner.
#-Denotes Penn State alumnus.

Tom Verducci
Pulitzer Prize winners Sydney Schanberg and Karen DeYoung (above) visited for the Spring 2007 Foster Conference.




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