Criminal Justice Fellows, 2004-2005

Celeste Fremon
Contract Writer
LA Weekly

Celeste Fremon is an award winning journalist and author of "Father Greg & the Homeboys.” Fremon has reported on Los Angeles street gangs since 1990. She covers the LAPD in “Cop Watch,” a regular column in the LA Weekly. Fremon is also a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times, Good Housekeeping, Los Angeles Magazine, MORE, the Utne Reader, MSNBC, and Salon. The Los Angeles Press Club, the Western Publications Association, PEN USA, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, and the American Library Association have recognized her work. She currently serves on the executive board of directors of PEN USA

Fellowship Project:

• An American Family: Living on the Verge
• An American Family: Jail Time; A police raid threatens everything
• Hanging On — Barely; Luis’ lawyer loses faith, and neighbors want the Aguilars out
• An American Family: Close to Breaking; The Aguilars face money problems, bad grades and near-constant arguing about Luis’ future
• Longing for a Reprieve; Luis dreams of a glimpse of freedom. But first he must deal with nightmares.
• All Chaos on the Home Front; Luis and Frances get a big break, and begin the rebuilding. Then things fall apart
• Story Behind the Story

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