IRP Fellows

  • A

    Achin, Kurt

    Affiliation:
    Freelance video
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2004

    Kurt Achin is a Seoul-based Correspondent and Bureau Chief for Voice of America. Kurt opened the Seoul bureau in late 2004 after spending the Fall 2004 semester at Johns Hopkins ...

  • Ackerman, Ruthie

    Affiliation:
    Freelance print
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2010

    Ruthie Ackerman is a New York-based journalist focusing on women and politics. She has special expertise on citizen media, refugee issues, and post-conflict environments, and is a ...

  • Acquaro, Kimberlee

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Photo
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2001

    Kimberlee Acquaro is a filmmaker and photojournalist based in Venice, California whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, TIME Magazine, ...

  • Algeo, Matthew

    Affiliation:
    Maine Public Radio
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2002

    Matthew Algeo is a freelance writer and reporter currently based in Rome. His latest book is Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip. ...

  • Alvarez, Nina

    Affiliation:
    Freelance video journalist
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2005

    Nina Alvarez is a New York-based independent broadcast journalist with experience in news and documentary production for cable, public and network television broadcast. Since 2001, ...

  • Anson, Ryan

    Affiliation:
    Freelance photographer
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2005

    Ryan Anson is a freelance photojournalist based in Washington D.C. and Southeast Asia. He is currently represented by Network Photographers, a London-based photo agency. He has ...

  • Aronson, Raney

    Affiliation:
    ABC News
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2000

    Raney Aronson is a New York-based documentary filmmaker and senior producer for PBS FRONTLINE. She is the producer, director and writer of six full-length FRONTLINE documentaries, ...

  • Avila, Oscar

    Affiliation:
    Chicago Tribune
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2004

    Oscar Avila is a general assignment reporter with the Chicago Tribune. Previously he was the paper's Mexico City correspondent. Before going overseas he covered immigration and ...

  • B

    Babits, Sadie

    Affiliation:
    KNAU Arizona Public Radio in Flagstaff
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2004

    Sadie Babits is a freelance journalist based in Portland, Oregon. Previously, she was the news director at Bosie State Radio in Idaho. Prior to that she was the regional host of ...

  • Backus, Emily

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Video
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 1999

    Emily Backus has been a television journalist since she graduated from Columbia University in 1990. She has reported extensively on racism, the environment, consumer fraud and ...

  • Baker, Aryn

    Affiliation:
    TIME Asia
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2005

    Aryn Baker is Time's bureau chief for Pakistan and Afghanistan. Previously she was the associate editor at the Asian edition of Time Magazine, based in Hong Kong. Since joining Time ...

  • Baker, Audrey

    Affiliation:
    ABC News
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2000

    Audrey Baker is a producer at ABC News 20/20 and has worked both on TV magazine pieces and on long form news specials at ABC News. She was a IRP Fellow in the Fall of 2000, looking ...

  • Barclay, Eliza

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Print, Mexico City
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2007

    Eliza Barclay is a writer, multimedia producer, and photojournalist. Currently based in Washington, DC, she frequently travels to Latin America and East Africa to report on a range ...

  • Barnard, Anne

    Affiliation:
    Freelance
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2000

    Anne Barnard is a reporter for the New York Times. Previously she covered the Middle East for The Boston Globe. Earlier, she covered the Iraq war for the Globe, living in Baghdad ...

  • Barton, Julia

    Affiliation:
    WHYY-FM Philadelphia
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2000

    Julia Barton is a freelance journlist. She was formerly an editor at American Public Media's "Weekend America," based in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2002 she returned to Ukraine, the ...

  • Beeman, Perry

    Affiliation:
    Des Moines Register
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2009

    Perry Beeman is veteran environment reporter for The Des Moines Register. Beeman is former president of the U.S.-based Society of Environmental Journalists. He has trained ...

  • Bensman, Todd

    Affiliation:
    Dallas Morning News
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 1998

    Todd Bensman is a senior intelligence analyst/special coordinator for the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division. Previously, he was an ...

  • Benton, Joshua

    Affiliation:
    Dallas Morning News
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2003

    Joshua Benton is director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. The Lab is an attempt to figure out a productive future for quality journalism online. While an IRP ...

  • Bjerga, Alan

    Affiliation:
    Knight Ridder newspapers
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2005

    Alan Bjerga covers agricultural policy for Bloomberg News in Washington, D.C. In 2009 he won awards from the Overseas Press Club, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers ...

  • Bowman, Laurel

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Video
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2002

    Laurel Bowman is a freelance video journalist based in Washington, D.C. A documentary that she wrote, filmed and produced as part of her IRP Fellowship in International Journalism ...

  • Bradley, Theresa

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Journalist
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2009

    Theresa Bradley is a freelance journalist based in Mexico City, where she was previously the Latin America business editor for The Associated Press. As a reporter she covered ...

  • Buchen, Charlotte

    Affiliation:
    Freelance video
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2010

    Charlotte Buchen has shot and produced independent documentaries, news stories and short films for outlets including PBS “FRONTLINE/World,” Newsweek.com, Current TV and ...

  • Byrne, Richard

    Affiliation:
    The Riverfront Times
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 1999

    Richard Byrne has worked as an editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington City Paper and St. Louis Magazine. His work has appeared in publications including The ...

  • C

    Capozza, Korey

    Affiliation:
    Freelance
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2001

    Korey Capozza is a San Francisco-based freelance journalist who writes on the environment, Native American issues and health policy. Previously she worked for United Press ...

  • Carr, Sarah

    Affiliation:
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2006

    Sarah Carr covers schools in New Orleans. Previously she covered urban education issues at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for the past four years. She has won awards for a series on ...

  • Case, David

    Affiliation:
    Freelance
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 1998

    David Case is editor of Passport, GlobalPost's membership service, which provides executives, professors, aid workers and other international knowledge professionals with an ...

  • Casey, Libby

    Affiliation:
    KUAC-FM, Fairbanks, AK
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2007

    Libby Casey is a Washington correspondent for the Alaska Public Radio Network. Previously, she was a reporter at public radio station KUAC in Fairbanks, Alaska. Her stories have ...

  • Caskey, Antrim

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Photo
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2003

    Antrim Caskey is a freelance documentary photographer currently living in New York City. Antrim covered the presidential election in 2008, from the DNC in Boston, to protests in New ...

  • Cha, Ariana Eunjung

    Affiliation:
    The Washington Post
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2002

    Ariana Eunjung Cha is a Beijing-based correspondent for The Washington Post. She was The Post's San Francisco bureau chief in 2005 and covered Iraq from 2003 to 2004. Previously, she ...

  • Chatterjee, Sumana

    Affiliation:
    Congressional Quarterly
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2000

    Sumana Chatterjee is a reporter for Congressional Quarterly's Daily Monitor in Washington, D.C., where she covers the Senate. She joined Congressional Quarterly in 1998 and has ...

  • Clynes, Tom

    Affiliation:
    Freelance
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2002

    Tom Clynes is a freelance journalist and photographer who covers environmental issues, adventure travel, science, and culture. As a contributing editor for the magazines National ...

  • Coletti, Elisabetta Anna

    Affiliation:
    Christian Science Monitor
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2001

    Elisabetta Anna Coletti is a staff writer at The Christian Science Monitor in Boston. Since joining the paper in 1998, she has written news features, edited in the arts section and ...

  • Colt, Sarah

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Video
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2004

    Sarah Colt is a freelance documentary television producer living in New York City. In 2004, Colt produced a documentary for the PBS television series FRONTLINE/World that examines ...

  • Coster, Helen

    Affiliation:
    Forbes
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2010

    Helen Coster is a New York- based staff writer at Forbes, where she writes about entrepreneurs and other topics. She has profiled companies and entrepreneurs in China, Argentina, ...

  • Cullen, Lisa Takeuchi

    Affiliation:
    Money Magazine
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2000

    Lisa Takeuchi Cullen is a New York-based writer and author. Until recently, she was a staff writer at TIME magazine, which she joined in 2001 as a Tokyo correspondent not long after ...

  • D

    Daniel, Trenton

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Print
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2003

    Trenton Daniel has been a staff writer for The Miami Herald since he completed his IRP Fellowship in 2003. During his time there, he has covered everything from a coup in Haiti to ...

  • Davenport, Meredith

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Photographer
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2000

    Meredith Davenport is a freelance photojournalist based in New York. She lived in Latin America for six years, most recently in Costa Rica, where she worked as a staff photographer ...

  • Deeter, Jessie

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Video
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2003

    Jessie Deeter is a veteran documentary filmmaker and journalist. She was the Producer of “Who Killed the Electric Car?” She is currently producing “Revenge of the ...

  • Dunn, Jennifer

    Affiliation:
    KTUH-FM, Honolulu, HI
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2006

    Jennifer Dunn is a freelance radio producer living in China. She also works for Institute for Community Research on an HIV prevention research project with high-risk women in ...

  • E

    Eng, Na

    Affiliation:
    "NOW," PBS
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2006

    Na Eng is a freelance television producer and communications consultant in New York City. For many years, she was a producer for the national news magazine show NOW on PBS.  She ...

  • Ernst, Jonathan

    Affiliation:
    Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2001

    Jonathan Ernst is a photojournalist based in Washington, D.C. Previously, he was a staff photographer at the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, where he  worked on a wide range of topics, ...

  • Eviatar, Daphne

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Print
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2003

    Daphne Eviatar is a freelance journalist based in New York and a contributing editor at The American Lawyer magazine, where she was previously a staff writer. Her work has appeared ...

  • F

    Flynn, Michael

    Affiliation:
    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2002

    Michael Flynn is a writer based in Geneva, Switzerland. A former associate editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Flynn has helped launch several foreign policy and ...

  • Fox, Travis

    Affiliation:
    WashingtonPost.com
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2002

    Travis Fox is an award-winning photographer, videographer and producer for WashingtonPost.com. In 2003, Fox was named Editor of the Year by the White House News Photographers ...

  • Franklin, Marcia

    Affiliation:
    Idaho Public Television
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2003

    Marcia Franklin has been a producer and host at Idaho Public Television since 1990. Prior to her current position, she was a general assignment reporter for KIFI-TV in Idaho Falls ...

  • G

    Gartland, Michael

    Affiliation:
    The Post and Courier
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2005

    Michael Gartland is a reporter at The Record in New Jersey. Previously, he was the religion editor for The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., which he joined in 2002. He has also ...

  • Gezari, Vanessa

    Affiliation:
    St. Petersburg Times
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2007

    Vanessa Gezari is a Washington-based writer who covers national and international affairs with a focus on South Asia, West Africa and Afghanistan. Before moving to Washington, she ...

  • Giry, Stéphanie

    Affiliation:
    Foreign Affairs
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2008

    Stéphanie Giry is deputy managing editor at Foreign Affairs. She has written for Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles ...

  • Goodman, Julie

    Affiliation:
    Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, MS
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2004

    Julie Goodman covers mutual funds and regulatory developments for BoardIQ, a Web site in New York owned by the Financial Times. She came to the site from Washington, D.C., where she ...

  • Graham, Jessie

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Print and Radio
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2003

    Jessie Graham is a senior multimedia producer for Human Rights Watch in New York. Previously, she was a trainer of radio journalists at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in ...

  • Graham-Silverman, Adam

    Affiliation:
    Congressional Quarterly
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2005

    Adam Graham-Silverman covers foreign policy for Congressional Quarterly. At CQ, he has also covered the federal budget, House and Senate leadership and campaigns. Stories from his ...

  • Guidi, Ruxandra

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Writer and Producer
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2008

    Ruxandra Guidi is a freelance radio and print news correspondent for South and Central America. Since 2007, she has reported from Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Panama, Venezuela and Mexico. ...

  • H

    Harris, Shayla

    Affiliation:
    NBC News
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2003

    Shayla Harris is an award winning video producer with The New York Times where she reports on local, national and international stories. She recently earned a George Foster Peabody ...

  • Hatch, Cheryl

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Photo
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 1999

    Cheryl Hatch is a photojournalist and documentary photographer with extensive international experience.She worked for five years based in Cairo covering the Middle East and Africa, ...

  • Hennessy-Fiske, Molly

    Affiliation:
    The (Raleigh) News and Observer
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2004

    Molly Hennessy-Fiske is a metro reporter covering county politics for The Los Angeles Times. Previously, she has reported from the Washington D.C. bureau (on the economy, general ...

  • Hernandez, Macarena

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Writer
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2008

    Macarena Hernandez recently completed a year-long reporting project for The Dallas Morning News documenting the educational experiences of teen immigrants at one of the oldest high ...

  • Hiel, Betsy

    Affiliation:
    Toledo Blade
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 1998

    Betsy Hiel has been the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s foreign correspondent since April 2000.  Based in Cairo, she has reported from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, ...

  • Ho, Vanessa

    Affiliation:
    Post Intelligencer
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2001

    Vanessa Ho is a criminal justice reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, where she has covered news and features since 1994. Before joining the Post-Intelligencer, she was a ...

  • Hockstein, Evelyn

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Photo
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2002

    Evelyn Hockstein is a freelance photojournalist who has covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1998 for news organizations such as Knight Ridder/Tribune, The Philadelphia ...

  • Hodge, Nathan

    Affiliation:
    Defense Week
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2004

    Nathan Hodge covers the defense industry for The Wall Street Journal. Previously, he was a staff writer for Jane's Defence Weekly, reporting extensively from Central Asia, the ...

  • Hogan, Beatrice

    Affiliation:
    Vanity Fair
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2001

    Beatrice Hogan is a researcher at Vanity Fair magazine in New York and a freelance journalist specializing in Central Asian issues. Previously she worked as a reporter for Radio Free ...

  • Hondros, Christopher

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Photo
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2001

    Christopher Hondros is a staff photographer for Getty Images News Service. Based in New York City, he has photographed in many of the world's major conflict zones since the late ...

  • Hua, Vanessa

    Affiliation:
    San Francisco Chronicle
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2002

    Vanessa Hua is an award-winning freelance journalist.  She is working on her novel and graduated from the MFA program in Creative Writing at UC Riverside, where ...

  • Hutchison, Kristan

    Affiliation:
    Juneau Empire
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 1998

    Kristan Hutchison is a staff writer for the Juneau Empire, the daily newspaper in Alaska’s capital. Since joining the paper in 1995, she has written about local and state ...

  • I

    Ibe, Cyril

    Affiliation:
    WLUW FM
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 1999

    Cyril Ibe is the host and executive producer of "Afriscope" a weekly radio program on Africa broadcast on three Chicago public radio stations and contributes essays and commentaries ...

  • Inskeep, Steve

    Affiliation:
    National Public Radio
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 1999

    Steve Inskeep is co-host of "Morning Edition" on National Public Radio (NPR). Before joining the program in 2004, he was a correspondent for NPR. A graduate of Morehead State ...

  • J

    Jaffe, Sam

    Affiliation:
    The Scientist
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2004

    Sam Jaffe is a Philadelphia-based associate editor at The Scientist magazine, a publication for life science Ph.D.'s. He covers issues related to the history, ethics and philosophy ...

  • Jones, Maggie

    Affiliation:
    New York Times Magazine
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2001

    Maggie Jones is a Contributing Writer for The New York Times Magazine. She has also written for The Washington Post, Slate, Elle, Salon and other publications. She has been a ...

  • K

    Kahn, Carrie

    Affiliation:
    KPBS-FM San Diego
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 1999

    As a reporter for NPR's National Desk, Carrie Kahn covers news from Los Angeles. Kahn's reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning news programs including "All Things Considered," ...

  • Kahn, Jeremy

    Affiliation:
    Fortune
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2003

    Jeremy Kahn is a freelance journalist based in New Delhi, where he contributes to Newsweek, The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times, among others. Previously, he was ...

  • Kakaes, Konstantin

    Affiliation:
    Freelance print
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2010

    Konstantin Kakaes spent the 2009-10 academic year studying information theory and the origins of the computer as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of ...

  • Kakissis, Joanna

    Affiliation:
    Freelance writer
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2009

    Joanna Kakissis spent the 2008-2009 academic year studying climate change-related migration and environmental justice issues as a Ted Scripps fellow in environmental journalism at ...

  • Kapralos, Krista J

    Affiliation:
    The Herald, Everett, WA
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2007

    Krista J. Kapralos is a reporter at The Herald in Everett, WA, where she has worked since 2005. She covers American Indian tribes and minority issues, including tribal politics and ...

  • Kavanagh, Michael

    Affiliation:
    WNYC Radio
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2004

    Michael J. Kavanagh is a journalist based in New York and Kinshasa who reports about conflict and post-conflict development issues around the world, with a special focus on Africa. ...

  • Kay, Kira

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Video
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2004

    Kira Kay is co-founder, along with fellow IRP alumnus Jason Maloney, of the Bureau for International Reporting (BIR) – a non-profit organization dedicated to producing and ...

  • Kennedy, Miranda

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Journalist
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2009

    Miranda Kennedy reports about culture and politics in South Asia, and the impact of that part of the world on America. Until 2007, she was a New Delhi-based correspondent for ...

  • Khatchadourian, Raffi

    Affiliation:
    The New Yorker
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2005

    Raffi Khatchadourian is a staff fact-checker for The New Yorker magazine. Before arriving at The New Yorker in 2003, he wrote a five-part series for the Village Voice on the ...

  • Kiehl, Steve

    Affiliation:
    Baltimore Sun
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2007

    Steve Kiehl is a features writer at the Baltimore Sun, where he has covered Hurricane Katrina, the DC-area sniper shootings and issues of immigration and violence along the ...

  • Killion, Nikole

    Affiliation:
    WJLA NewsChannel 8, Arlington, VA
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2007

    Nikole Killion is a correspondent for the Hearst-Argyle Washington bureau. Previously, she was an anchor/reporter at ABC 7/NewsChannel 8. Before that she was at WHAG-TV in ...

  • Knopp, Leslie

    Affiliation:
    KGW-TV Portland, OR Country Focus: Indonesia
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2000

    Leslie Knopp is currently working as a freelance journalist. Most recently she has been writing and reporting on stories for a public affairs show out of KCTS, the public television ...

  • Koch, Jacqueline

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Photographer
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2000

    Jacqueline Koch is a Seattle-based freelance photojournalist who has focused on Indonesia since her IRP Fellowship in fall 2000. After her fellowship, she made additional reporting ...

  • Kohn, David

    Affiliation:
    CBSNews.com
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2000

    David Kohn is a medicine and health reporter (and now blogger) for The Baltimore Sun. He spent 2006-07 as a Nieman/Gates Global Health Fellow at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard ...

  • Konrad, Rachel

    Affiliation:
    Associated Press
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2002

    Rachel Konrad is senior communications manager at Tesla Motors. Previously, she was a senior writer for CNET News.com. After joining CNET in 2000, she wrote hundreds of stories about ...

  • Kuffner, Alex

    Affiliation:
    Providence Journal
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2005

    Alex Kuffner is a staff writer for The Providence Journal in Rhode Island. He joined The Journal in 2000 after graduating with a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate ...

  • L

    Larson, Christina

    Affiliation:
    The Washington Monthly
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2007

    Christina Larson is an editor at Foreign Policy magazine and a fellow at the New America foundation in Washington, DC. She writes primarily about international environmental issues. ...

  • Lawrence, David Aquila

    Affiliation:
    Freelance
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2000

    David Aquila Lawrence  has been covering Iraq since he first went there on an IRP fellowship in March of 2000.  In April 2009 he joined  NPR as Baghdad Bureau ...

  • Lewis, Jori

    Affiliation:
    Freelance radio
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2010

    Jori Lewis is a freelance writer and a radio journalist based in Brooklyn, NY. Her reporting focuses on the environment, global health and development and social justice topics. Jori ...

  • Lovering, Daniel

    Affiliation:
    Freelance
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2000

    Daniel Lovering is a freelance journalist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For nine years, he worked as a staff reporter for international news agencies, mainly The Associated ...

  • Ly, Phuong

    Affiliation:
    The Washington Post
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2006

    Phuong Ly  is a freelance magazine writer, consultant and journalism teacher. A former award-winning reporter for the Washington Post, she specializes in narrative stories on ...

  • Lyon, Julia

    Affiliation:
    Salt Lake Tribune
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2009

    Julia Lyon covers social services at The Salt Lake Tribune in Utah, where she has written about poverty issues ranging from hunger to homelessness. Over the past year, she became the ...

  • M

    MacKeen, Dawn

    Affiliation:
    Freelance
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2002

    Dawn MacKeen is a freelance reporter based in Los Angeles. She is the author of a forthcoming book for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Previously, she covered health and social issues as ...

  • Maloney, Jason

    Affiliation:
    ABC News
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 1999

    Jason Maloney is a freelance news and documentary producer living in New York. His most recent work includes a series of reports on the Georgia/Russia war and the breakaway region of ...

  • Marmion, Suzanne

    Affiliation:
    PRI
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2003

    Suzanne Marmion is based in New York. Previously, she was a Malawi, Africa-based freelance reporter, most recently with "The World," a BBC/Public Radio International program. Over ...

  • Mathur, Seema

    Affiliation:
    Freelance video
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2010

    Seema Mathur is a correspondent and founder of Global Voice Productions based in Austin, Texas.  She recently reported on the needs of amputees in Haiti which aired on CNN and ...

  • McEvers, Kelly

    Affiliation:
    Freelance radio journalist
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2006

    Kelly McEvers is a freelance correspondent for National Public Radio based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  Previously, she was part of an award-winning team that produced the Working ...

  • McGray, Douglas

    Affiliation:
    Freelance
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2002

    Douglas McGray is an Irvine Fellow at the New America Foundation.  He writes about social and international issues, technology, and culture for the New Yorker, public radio's ...

  • McKelvey, Tara

    Affiliation:
    American Prospect
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2009

    Tara McKelvey is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review, a senior editor at The American Prospect, and author of Monstering: Inside America's Policy on Secret ...

  • Menon, Kavita

    Affiliation:
    Freelance Print
    Trip:
    Fellows Fall 2003

    Kavita Menon is a freelance journalist based in New York. Until August 2003, she headed the Asia program at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a press freedom organization. ...

  • Meraji, Shereen

    Affiliation:
    National Public Radio, Los Angeles
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2007

    Shereen Meraji works for National Public Radio in Los Angeles as a producer and director for the program "Day to Day." She's worked in radio for almost a decade. She got her start in ...

  • Metz, Andrew

    Affiliation:
    Newsday
    Trip:
    Fellows Spring 2000

    Andrew Metz joined the CBS News program "60 Minutes" in 2006 after many years as a newspaper journalist. He spent about a decade at Newsday, where he extensively covered the ...

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