Past Fellows: 1999-2000

1999-2000 Fellows and their study projects are:

Mike Baker, education correspondent, BBC News.
School innovation and under achievement.

Peter Burdin, world assignments editor, BBC News.
An African renaissance: the political culture and society.

John Fountain, staff writer, The Washington Post.
Race and inner city poverty.

Mariana Garcia, writer, Clarin (Argentina).
Covering of electoral campaigns in American graphic mass media.

Maria Elena Gil, freelance journalist, Cuba.
Economics and globalization.

Maria Tereza Gomes, senior editor Voce (Brasil).
The globalization and employment markets in emerging countries.

Danny Gur-arieh, Israel correspondent, Reuters.
Strategic policy and the global arms market since the end of the Cold War.

John Henrikson, associate editor, The (Bend, OR) Bulletin.
Sustainable environment and sustainable economics.

Diego Lerer, arts and entertainment editor, Clarin (Argentina).
The digital Revolution: towards a cinema of the 21st century.

Joseph Mallia, investigative reporter, Boston Herald.
Effects of technology on child mortality in information-poor communities.

Steve McGookin, editor, Financial Times.
Transportation

Micheline Maynard, Detroit bureau chief, USA Today.
Corporate culture and the cult of personality.

Dae-hee Nam, reporter,The Hankook Ilbo (Seoul).
Marketing and economics.

Maureen O'Hagan, reporter, Willamette (OR) Week.
The criminalization of mental illness.

Diane Rado, reporter, St. Petersburg Times.
School failure and impoverished minority children: causes and cures.

Monte Reel, reporter, St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Arabic studies and narrative writing.

James Rupert II, West Africa correspondent, The Washington Post.
Development of political and cultural identities in de-colonizing societies.

Larry Siddons, sports projects/Olympics writer, The Associated Press.
Our heroes: why we need them, choose them, tear them down.

Elizabeth Stawicki, senior reporter, Minnesota Public Radio.
Child welfare and Native American law.

Catherine Vojdik, writer/producer, ABC News.
The effect of managed care on medical education.