Contact: Birgit Rieck, 734-998-7666, email brieck@umich.edu
University of Michigan Names Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows
Ann Arbor, MI – The University of Michigan Knight-Wallace Fellows program has named 12 American journalists and seven international journalists for the academic year 2009-2010. Additional international fellows will be designated during the summer.
While on leave from regular duties, Knight-Wallace Fellows pursue custom-designed sabbatical studies and attend twice-weekly seminars at Wallace House, a gift from newsman Mike Wallace and his wife Mary. The group named for the coming academic year is the 36th to be offered fellowships by the University of Michigan.
Each Knight-Wallace Fellow receives a stipend of $70,000, supported by gifts from foundations, news organizations and individuals committed to improving the quality of information reaching the public.
Professor Charles R. Eisendrath, who directs the program, is a former foreign correspondent for Time Magazine with broad experience in print, broadcast and online journalism.
Fellows and their study projects are:
Molly Ball, political reporter, Las Vegas Review-Journal: Economic policy, government spending and taxation in Nevada: The effects of rapid population growth.
Franklyn Cater, senior producer, “All Things Considered,” NPR: The intersections of business, environment, urban planning and design.
Lynette Clemetson, managing editor, The Washington Post/theroot.com: Reporting on families during the financial crisis.
Tom Clynes, contributing editor, National Geographic Adventure: Predicting and preventing global pandemics.
Wayne Drehs, senior writer, ESPN.com: Multimedia storytelling.
Craig Gilbert, Washington bureau chief, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Shifts in rural voting patterns.
Raviv Golan, deputy editor, “Seven Nights,” Yedioth Ahronoth (Tel Aviv): Applying script writing tools to storytelling.
Julio César Guzmán, editor, Entertainment and Culture, El Tiempo (Bogotá): Reality as it is seen through the Web.
Sabah Hamamou, business reporter, Al-Ahram (Cairo): Economic reform and stability in the Middle East.
David Hawkins, Asia correspondent, Al Jazeera (Kuala Lumpur): The effects of technology on journalism.
Tom Parfitt, Moscow correspondent, The Guardian (UK): International diplomacy and Georgia’s breakaway regions.
Shin-Hong Park, political editor, Joongang Ilbo (Seoul): The changing diplomatic balance of the Korean Peninsula.
Kyle Poplin, executive editor, Bluffton (SC) Today Social networks and online communities.
Lily Raff, staff writer, The Bulletin (Bend, OR): The ethos of hunting.
Susan Rucci, contract producer, “Good Morning America,” ABC News: Retirement prospects for Generation X.
Valérie Samson, editor/reporter, Le Figaro (Paris): How Barack Obama’s web-based campaign changed American politics.
Christina Samuels, staff writer, Education Week: Applying education research to the classroom.
Roger Sawyer, deputy editor, BBC Radio (London): Reporting science in an accurate, but inclusive and comprehensible manner.
Brad Tyer, managing editor, Texas Observer: Environmental justice.
