International Knight
Fellows named
Eight international
journalists have been awarded John S. Knight Fellowships
at Stanford University for the 1999-2000 academic year.
They will join 12 U.S. journalists, whose selection was announced last month.
During their stay at
Stanford, the Knight Fellows will pursue independent
courses of study and participate in special seminars.
This will be the 34th year of professional journalism
fellowships at Stanford.
The international fellows
are supported primarily by the Reuters Foundation, the
Knight Foundation and the Lyle and Corrine Nelson
International Journalism Fellowship Fund.
The Knight Fellowships
program director is Professor James V. Risser. James R.
Bettinger is deputy director.
Following are the
1999-2000 International Knight Fellows and their
principal areas of study:
Ernesto García
Calderón, news director/anchor, Red Global,
Lima, Peru (Reuters Foundation Fellow); history, ethics
and future of journalism.
Takeshi Kawasaki,
deputy foreign news editor, Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo,
Japan; international politics and Third World countries.
Thomas Larsen,
staff writer, Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten,
Copenhagen, Denmark; the interaction between mass media
and politicians.
Daniel Libardi,
editor in chief, La Calle, Concepción del
Uruguay, Argentina (Knight Foundation Latin American
Fellow); public opinion, democratic institutions and the
impact of electronic media.
Shefali Misra,
senior assistant editor, Indian Express, New
Delhi, India (Reuters Foundation Fellow); trade theory,
including the history and practice of multilateral trade
negotiations.
Rita Neubauer,
Mexico/Central America correspondent, Frankfurter
Rundschau, Frankfurt, Germany; the effects of
globalization on developing countries.
Zsófia Novák,
managing editor, Magyar Narancs, Budapest, Hungary
(Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Journalism
Fellow); the impact of new media on journalistic
independence.
Birgit Voigt,
senior editor, Tagesanzeiger, Zurich, Switzerland;
the economics and ethical aspects of health care. SR
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