Eighteen journalists and journalism innovators from around the world have been awarded John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships for the 2017-18 academic year at Stanford University. They are the 52nd class of journalism fellows at Stanford.
The fellows come from a wide variety of news environments and organizations. Some come from countries with long traditions of supporting a free press, others from more repressive climates.
The fellows are the first who applied under a new “Teams and Themes ” framework that is intended to help them collaborate on tackling the biggest challenges facing journalism.
2017-18 John S. Knight Journalism Fellows
Guilherme Amado , reporter, O Globo, Rio de Janeiro, Knight Foundation Latin American FellowQuestion: How can a social network help solve the difficulties of cross-border investigative journalists?
Roman Badanin , editor-in-chief, TV Rain, Moscow, Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Fellow Question: How might we create independent investigative media in emerging democracies that is financially sustainable?
Jennifer Dargan , Ideas Network assistant director, Wisconsin Public Radio, Madison, Wisconsin, JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How do we foster a newsroom culture that prioritizes recognition of our biases and self-work around diversity?
Don Day , publisher and editor, BoiseDev, Boise, Idaho, JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How might we create sustainable, independent news operations that provide in-depth coverage of civic and local issues?
Xin Feng , reporter, Beijing, Enlight Foundation Fellow Question: How might investigative journalists in China gather public records more effectively and push for greater government transparency?
Michael Grant , creative director, San Francisco Business Times, San Francisco, JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How might we use technology to make training in digital storytelling accessible to minority publishers?
Zeba Khan , independent writer and commentator, The Op-Ed Project, Los Altos, California, JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How might social media platforms be used to identify and amplify diverse talent in video commentary?
Barbara Maseda , freelance journalist, Havana, JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How might we use natural language processing tools to discover text-data-driven stories?
Julie Ann McKellogg , senior editor, video audience development, McClatchy Video Lab, Washington, D.C., JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How can newsrooms improve coverage by using technology to better understand audience needs and measure how they’re serving this need?
Andre Natta , digital media producer, WBHM, Birmingham, Alabama, JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How might we enable regional coverage so we better understand its potential impact on the national dialogue?
Soo Oh , news app developer, Vox, Washington, D.C., JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How might we better manage and support newsroom journalists who are in technical roles?
Titus Plattner , reporter, Tamedia, Lausanne, Switzerland, JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How do we stimulate spontaneous collaborations among unrelated journalists both locally and around the world?
Tim Regan-Porter , director, Center for Collaborative Journalism, Macon, Georgia, JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How might we use data about news stories and products to build stronger trust and attachment to news brands?
Lisa Rossi , storytelling coach, Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How might we build audience-first newsrooms that inspire readership, in particular, of watchdog journalism?
Phillip Smith , news innovation consultant, Toronto, JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How might we use advances in technology and experimental business models to support a new generation of accountability journalism initiatives?
Mago Torres , freelance journalist and consultant, Washington D.C., JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How can journalists everywhere learn about and use freedom of information systems in countries around the world?
Morten Warmedal , executive editor, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Oslo, JSK Journalism Fellow Question: How might we organize and create new financing and better collaboration of current affairs and investigative documentary projects in Europe?
Seema Yasmin , staff writer, The Dallas Morning News, and freelance multimedia journalist, Washington, D.C., JSK Journalism Fellow Question: During a public health crisis, how can we limit the spread of misinformation and make health and science reporting more accurate?