2009 Knight-Wallace Fellows

Front row, seated, left to right:

Maria Poveda, health/science reporter, La Razón (Madrid): Strategies to improve the communication of cancer information to the public.

Darrell Bowling, senior video producer, MSNBC.com: Does diversity in the newsroom influence diverse news coverage?

Stephanie DeGroote, television news producer, Sky News (London): Carbon trading— Can greed save the world?

Charles R. Eisendrath, director, Knight- Wallace Fellows at Michigan

Kathleen Galligan, staff photographer, Detroit Free Press: Federal funding of child welfare.

Helio Schwartsman, columnist, Folha de São Paulo: The impact of scientific discoveries on bioethics.

Nataliya Rostova, reporter, Novaya Gazeta (Moscow): Media law, freedom of press and politics.

Ricardo Braginski, editor/technology, Clarín (Buenos Aires): New digital journalism— Challenges and opportunities.

Second row, left to right:

Geoff Larcom, columnist, The Ann Arbor News: The psychology of leadership.

Kimberly Kozlowski, health/human service reporter, The Detroit News: The race for stem cell cures.

Rona Kobell, Chesapeake Bay reporter, The Baltimore Sun: Economic approaches to environmental sustainability.

Richard Deitsch, special projects editor, Sports Illustrated: China and beyond— Exploring the relevancy of the Olympics in the 21st century.

Laurie Copans, Jerusalem correspondent, Associated Press: Prospects for Palestinian independence.

Sung Woong Kang, deputy editor/social affairs, YTN-TV (Seoul): United States 2008: Presidential Election and Journalism.

Patricia Kolesnicov, editor/culture, Clarín (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?

Third row, left to right:

Peggy Lowe, staff writer, The Orange County Register: The intersection of politics with civil and criminal law.

Birgit Rieck, assistant director, Knight- Wallace Fellows at Michigan

Jakub Svoboda, editor/economics, Právo Daily (Prague): Mafia-Capitalism in postcommunist Eastern Europe.

John Hill, senior writer, The Sacramento Bee: Federal relinquishment of managing free markets.

Jonathan Martin, staff writer, The Seattle Times: Civil liberties in a time of fear— The detention of sexual predators.

Erica Johnston, assistant metro editor, The Washington Post: Newspaper coverage of gay social issues in American culture.

Robin Pomeroy, Rome correspondent, Reuters: The influence of environmental degradation on conflict and war.

John Cary, editor, “Drive,” BBC Radio 5 Live: How children are educated—Does a teacher’s gender make a difference?

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