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	In 2007, David Goodman, Andy’s younger brother, created a Scholarship Fund to provide financial assistance to deserving students who are interested in honest journalism and civil rights at the Columbia School of Journalism. Each year, an outstanding student is selected from the Master of Science or Master of Arts programs at the Graduate School of Journalism. To be selected, a student must demonstrate superb academic achievement, commitment to leadership in journalism and financial need. Preference is given to students from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in the newsroom. The Andrew Goodman Scholarship Recipients 2009-2010 Carmen Perez is from Orlando, Florida - with roots in Puerto Rico. She received her BA in broadcast Journalism from The Florida State University and then joined Teach For America. Carmen taught bilingual 5th grade for two years in Houston, Texas where she combined her commitment to educational equity with her love for teaching and learning. In 2009, she left Teach America to pursue her passion - broadcast journalism. Carmen is currently a Master of Science student at Columbia School of Journalism- and the fifth Andrew Goodman Scholar. When she graduates, Carmen hopes to blend her two loves by focusing on educational reporting. Carmen's career is dedicated not only to representing her people, but also to being a living example for her students of what a dream backed with hard work can become. 2008-2009 Chana M. Doreaux holds a B.A. in Political Science from Hampton University and a Juris Doctorate from the North Carolina Central School of Law, both with honors. Chana spent her early legal career as an advocate for prisoners and as an attorney prosecuting cases on behalf of the Federal Government.

	2007-2008 Janelle Burrell is a television news journalist. She currently works as an on-air reporter for News 10 Now which is headquartered in Syracuse, N.Y. Before her move to upstate New York, Janelle was a freelance reporter with Brooklyn Independent Television's news magazine program, Brooklyn Review. She got her start in journalism working behind the scenes at WNYW and MSNBC in New York City. Janelle is 2008 graduate of Columbia and earned her bachelor's degree from Penn State. Sylvia A. Harvey (SAH) was born and bred in Oakland, California. On foreign soil (New York), she studied society, receiving a Bachelors of Arts in sociology from Columbia University. Then, receiving her Masters of Science from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, she decided to communicate with society. For SAH, journalism is an opportunity to dance fiercely with the truth, and writing challenges her imagination and perception. Currently, she is a freelance journalist and the Managing Editor at The Daily Voice. In her free time SAH enjoys exploring various corners of the world and mentoring. She currently blogs on her website www.sylviaharvey.com. She is a Director on the board of The Andrew Goodman Foundation.

	2006-2007 Rebekah Kebede is an oil journalist with Reuters News in New York. She covered the run up of oil prices to a record $147 a barrel in 2008 and has also written about oil from Caracas, Venezuela. Before deciding to become a journalist, Rebekah worked as a community organizer in California, an English teacher in Mexico, and as a social policy researcher, conducting research in several states and Native American Nations. In her free time, she enjoys taking photographs. One of her photographs is currently part of an anti-HIV stigma billboard campaign where she lives in Harlem, New York City. www.rkebede.com.

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