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The Knight-Wallace Fellows program has named eight international journalists for 2008-09 in addition to the 12 national journalists selected in April. They are the 35th group of journalists to receive fellowships.
While on leave from regular duties, Knight-Wallace Fellows pursue custom-designed sabbatical studies and attend special, twice-weekly seminars at Wallace House, a gift from CBS newsman Mike Wallace and his wife Mary.
The international fellows and their study projects are:
• John Cary, editor, “Drive,” BBC Radio 5 Live: How children are educated — Does a teacher’s gender make a difference?
• Sung Woong Kang, deputy editor/social affairs, YTN-TV (Seoul): United States 2008: Presidential election and journalism
• Patricia Kolesnicov, editor/culture, Clarin (Buenos Aires): North American women’s literature in the 21st Century: What are women talking about?
• 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
• 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
The program is directed by Charles Eisendrath, communications studies associate professor and former Time Magazine foreign correspondent.
To learn more about the Knight-Wallace Fellows go to www.kwfellows.umich.edu.
