John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists

Knight Journalism Fellows Named at Stanford

Eight international journalists have been awarded John S. Knight Fellowships at Stanford University for the 2005-06 academic year.

During their stay at Stanford, the Knight Fellows will pursue independent courses of study and participate in special seminars. The 2005-06 program marks the 40th year that Stanford has offered fellowships for professional journalists.

Twelve U.S. Knight Fellows were announced earlier this month.

Financial support for the International Fellows comes from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Shinyoung Journalism Fund, the Hearst Foundation and the Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Journalism Fund.

Following are the 2005-06 International Knight Fellows and their principal areas of study:

Au Ka Lun, executive producer, Television Broadcasts Company, Hong Kong, China; globalization, democracy and conflict resolution from comparative and game theory perspectives

Artur Domoslawski, columnist, Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw, Poland; American society, U.S. foreign policy and globalization (Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Journalism Fellow)

Inday Espina-Varona, editor-in-chief, Philippine Graphic, Manila, Philippines; women at war and women at peace: grafting lessons from struggle and rebellion onto conflict-resolution models

Carola Fuentes, reporter, Canal 13, Santiago, Chile; the importance of investigative journalism in emerging democracies

Guillermo Lopez Portillo, investigative reporter, Televisa Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; television and media consumption, and the cultural patterns of the Latino immigrant population in the U.S. (Knight Foundation Latin American Fellow)

Suman Pradhan, freelance writer and founding editor, Kantipur Online, Kathmandu, Nepal; political movements and social change, and the role of monarchies in a democracy

Shin Chi-Young, staff reporter, Dong-A Ilbo, Seoul, Korea; industrial policy (Shinyoung Journalism Fund Fellow)

Martin Turner, Americas bureau chief, BBC, Washington, DC; technological change and potential new innovations in news organizations

The Knight Fellowships program director is James R. Bettinger. Dawn E. Garcia is the deputy director.

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