Past Fellows: 2008-2009

2008-2009 Fellows and their study projects are:

Darrell Bowling, senior video producer, MSNBC.com.
Does diversity in the newsroom influence diverse news coverage?

Ricardo Braginski, editor/technology, Clarin (Buenos Aires)
New digital journalism – Challenges and opportunities

Laurie Copans, Jerusalem correspondent, Associated Press.
Prospects for Palestinian independence.

John Cary, editor, “Drive,” BBC Radio 5 Live.
How children are educated – Does a teacher’s gender make a difference?

Stephanie DeGroote, television news producer, Sky News (London).
Carbon trading - Can greed save the world?

Richard Deitsch, special projects editor, Sports Illustrated.
China and beyond - Exploring the relevancy of the Olympics in the 21st century.

Kathleen Galligan, staff photographer, Detroit Free Press.
Federal funding of child welfare.

John Hill, senior writer, The Sacramento Bee.
Federal relinquishment of managing free markets.

Erica Johnston, assistant metro editor, The Washington Post.
Newspaper coverage of gay social issues in American culture.

Sung Woong Kang, deputy editor/social affairs, YTN-TV (Seoul).
United States 2008: Presidential Election and Journalism.

Rona Kobell, Chesapeake Bay reporter, The Baltimore Sun.
Economic approaches to environmental sustainability.

Patricia Kolesnicov, editor/culture, Clarin (Buenos Aires).
North American women’s literature in the 21st Century.
What are women talking about?

Kimberly Kozlowski, health/human service reporter, The Detroit News.
The race for stem cell cures.

Geoff Larcom, columnist, The Ann Arbor News.
The psychology of leadership.

Peggy Lowe, staff writer, The Orange County Register.
The intersection of politics with civil and criminal law.

Jonathan Martin, staff writer, The Seattle Times.
Civil liberties in a time of fear – The detention of sexual predators.

Joanna Mills, assistant editor, BBC World Service News.
How is the way crime is covered in the media impacting society?

Robin Pomeroy, Rome correspondent, Reuters.
The influence of environmental degradation on conflict and war.

Maria Poveda, health/science reporter, La Razón (Madrid).
Strategies to improve the communication of cancer information to the public.

Nataliya Rostova, reporter, Novaya Gazeta (Moscow).
Media law, freedom of press and politics.

Helio Schwartsman, columnist, Folha de São Paulo.
The impact of scientific discoveries on bioethics.

Jakub Svoboda, editor/economics, Právo Daily (Prague).
Mafia-Capitalism in post-communist Eastern Europe.