Tenth Group of Pew Fellows in International Journalism Selected at JHU SAIS for Spring 2003 Program
Eight U.S. journalists, including two from the major broadcast networks, have been selected to be in the 10th group of journalists to be awarded Pew Fellowships in International Journalism at Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The journalists' fellowships begin 01/20/2003.
Four of the journalists will report from Africa, the continent with more countries visited by Pew Fellows than any other since the fellowship program was created in 1998. Other fellows in the spring 2003 program will report from India, France, Sweden and Russia.
"Africa is under-covered in the U.S. media, so we're proud to have sent Pew Fellows to do in-depth reporting from 16 different African countries since 1998," said John Schidlovsky, director of the Pew International Journalism Program.
Each year, two groups of eight U.S. journalists are selected for the four-month fellowship program. Pew Fellows spend a total of 10 weeks at SAIS studying international affairs and five weeks overseas in a country of their choice. They report on a significant news topic and offer the stories they produce to their news organizations or to other media.
The Pew Fellows for spring 2003 and the countries on which they will focus are:
Trenton Daniel, freelance writer - Nigeria
Rebecca Diamond, freelance video journalist - India
Jessica Graham, New York Post - Uganda
Shayla Harris, NBC News - Sweden
Suzanne Sataline, freelance writer - Russia
Geraldine Sealey, ABC News.com - Zambia
Anne Sherwood, freelance photojournalist - South Africa
Sarah Wildman, The New Republic - France
Topics of the new Pew Fellows' reporting projects include environmental issues, international health and medical news, immigration and refugees, technology and economic development, cultural and religious clashes, post-conflict resolution and other issues.
The latest Pew Fellows were selected by a panel of distinguished journalists and scholars that included: Simon Li, assistant managing editor of the Los Angeles Times; Ricardo Chavira, assistant managing editor, Dallas Morning News; Susan Collins, senior fellow, Brookings Institution; Lisa Cullen, reporter, TIME and Pew Fellow alumna; George de Lama, deputy managing editor, Chicago Tribune; Robert DeVecchi, adjunct senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Loren Jenkins, senior foreign editor, National Public Radio; Parisa Khosravi, senior vice president and managing editor, CNN, and Phyllis McGrady, senior vice president, ABC News.
The next deadline for applications is 04/1/2003, for the program beginning in the fall of 2003. For more information, call 202.663.7761, fax 202.663.7762, e-mail pew@jhu.edu.
For more information, contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Public Affairs Office at 202.663.5626 or fklubes@jhu.edu.