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The Perry and Alicia O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism at Marquette University began with Peter and Patricia Frechette’s commitment to uphold the future of in-depth news reporting.

The couple's $8.3 million gift honored Patricia’s parents, Marquette alumni Perry and Alicia O'Brien, and launched the fellowship in 2013 at Marquette's Diederich College of Communication with co-founder the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Every year, this Milwaukee-based Fellowship pairs professional reporters with Marquette journalism students on nine-month reporting projects aimed at holding American institutions accountable and uncovering potential solutions to difficult problems. Journal Sentinel often provides resources to and co-publishes O’Brien-backed projects.