Pew Fellows in International Journalism Selected at Johns Hopkins SAIS for Fall 2003 Program
Washington, D.C. - Nine U.S. journalists have been awarded Pew Fellowships in International Journalism at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The journalists' four-month fellowships begin 09/1/2003.
Two of the journalists will report from Iran as part of the fellowship program, which combines nine weeks of academic study and six weeks of individual overseas reporting. Other fellows in the fall 2003 program will report from Angola, Argentina, Cambodia, India, Russia, Sri Lanka and Zambia.
"Iran is critical to fast-moving events in the Middle East and Southwest Asia and we hope these two journalists will increase U.S. public understanding of news in the region," said John Schidlovsky, director of the Pew International Journalism Program.
Each year, two groups of U.S. journalists are selected for the program. This fall's group is the largest ever selected. The journalists choose their own overseas project and offer the stories they produce to their news organizations or to other media.
The Pew Fellows for fall 2003, their affiliations and the countries on which they will focus are:
Joshua Benton, Dallas Morning News - Zambia
Antrim Caskey, freelance photojournalist - Argentina
Rebecca Diamond, freelance video journalist - India
Daphne Eviatar, freelance writer - Angola
Marcia Franklin, Idaho Public TV - Iran
Suzanne Marmion, "The World" BBC/Public Radio International - Iran
Kavita Menon, freelance writer - Sri Lanka
Noel Paul, Christian Science Monitor - Russia
Noy Thrupkaew, freelance writer - Cambodia
The latest fellows were selected by a panel of distinguished journalists and scholars that included: Simon Li, assistant managing editor of the Los Angeles Times; Susan Collins, senior fellow, Brookings Institution; Jamila Paksima, freelance video journalist and Pew Fellow alumna; George de Lama, deputy managing editor, Chicago Tribune; Robert DeVecchi, adjunct senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Parisa Khosravi, senior vice president and managing editor, CNN; Nadya Shmavonian, independent consultant, and Seymour Topping, professor of journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
The next deadline for applications is 10/1/2003 for the program beginning in 01/2004. For more information, call 202.663.7761, fax 202.663.7762, e-mail [email protected].
The Pew Fellowships in International Journalism are part of a wide array of activities conducted by the Pew International Journalism Program that include conferences on international news themes, publications on global topics by journalists and fellowships for U.S. editors, producers and senior correspondents.
SAIS is one of the country's leading graduate schools devoted to the study of international relations. Located in the heart of downtown Washington, near think tanks, embassies and government offices, the school enrolls more than 450 full-time graduate students and mid-career professionals and has trained more than 10,000 alumni in all aspects of international affairs. Its distinguished faculty includes some of the nation's leading experts in global issues.
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