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Lori Shontz
Affiliation during program: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Country Focus: Kenya

Lori Shontz

Program: Fall 2001 [email protected]

Lori Shontz is a sports writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette specializing in women's sports and the Olympics. A native of Pittsburgh, she joined the Post-Gazette in 1994. She has covered the Olympic Games three times, making it a point to not only cover the sporting events, but to write about the cultural and political histories of the athletes and their countries. Previously she worked for The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and The Progress-Index in Petersburg, Va., covering everything from Little League baseball to NASCAR. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Penn State in 1991 with a B.A. in English writing and a minor in sport history.

Stories

	· Fast Forward: the rise of Kenya's women runners

	· Fast Forward: the pioneers who led the way

	· Fast Forward: Crazy Catherine, on top of the world

	· Fast Forward: Lornah and her camp for girls

	· Fast Forward: looking toward a new Kenya