By: E&P Staff Eight media executives of color have been selected as 2009 McCormick Fellows, who will attend leadership programs at the Media Management Center at Northwestern University.
The McCormick Fellows program, founded in 1998, is intended to increase the number and impact of minority executives in the news media, according to the program's self-description.
"The program adds to the critical mass of high-performing senior managers and executives of color prepared to bring the most innovative strategies to the news media's most pressing challenges," it said in a statement.
Four 2009 Fellows who work at daily newspapers will attend the 2009 Advanced Executive Program. The four who work in broadcast television and digital media will attend the National Association of Broadcasting Management Development Program in July 2009.
The eight were selected from 29 applicants.
Fellows are nominated by senior media leaders based on their professional achievements, innovative approach to the business and career potential.
The following are the 2009 Fellows:
Michele Vernon-Chesley, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk
Duchesne Drew, Star Tribune, Minneapolis
Hai Do, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Patricio G. Espinoza, Quepasa.com
George Figueroa, The Morning Call, Allentown, Penn.
Crystal Johns, CBS News
Javier Morgado, NBC News, Today Show
Estelle Parsley, WRDW-TV, Augusta, Ga.
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