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Class of 1997

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The 1997 Knight Fellows in standing rows on Stanford steps, grayscale photo.

Fellows are listed alphabetically, with original titles and employers from their fellowship year.

Heather Abbott — Toronto, Canada
senior producer, Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Knight Journalism Fellow

Alex Beam — Boston, Massachusetts
columnist, The Boston Globe
Knight Journalism Fellow

Susan Caba — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
staff writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Knight Journalism Fellow

Rodrigo Carpio — Guatemala City, Gautemala
general director, El Grafico
Knight Foundation Latin American Fellow

John Fensterwald — Concord, New Hampshire
editorial page editor, Concord Monitor
Knight Journalism Fellow

Michael Fields — Washington D.C.
deputy senior editor, National Public Radio
Knight Journalism Fellow

Bill Gannon — Newark, New Jersey
staff writer, The Star Ledger
Knight Journalism Fellow

Anna Husarska — New York, New York
writer, freelance
Egon Scotland Fellow

Joan Laatz Jewett — Portland, Oregon
staff writer, Oregonian
Knight Journalism Fellow

Toshihisa Kawamura — Tokyo, Japan
editor "Paso",  Asahi Shimbun
Knight Journalism Fellow

Marcia Kramer — Washington D.C.
assistant news editor, The Washington Post
Knight Journalism Fellow

Meg Laughlin — Miami, Florida
staff writer, Miami Herald
Knight Journalism Fellow

Maria Ronderos — Bogotá, Colombia
columnist, El Espectador
Reuters Foundation Fellow

Ephraims Sheyin — Kaduna, Nigeria
senior correspondent, News Agency of Nigeria
Reuters Foundation Fellow

Rob Taylor — Seattle, Washington
staff writer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Knight Journalism Fellow

Maureen West — Phoenix, Arizona
opinions page editor, Phoenix Gazette
Knight Journalism Fellow

Kathy Wilhelm
Hanoi bureau chief, Associated Press
Knight Journalism Fellow

Slawomir Zagorski — Warsaw, Poland
science editor, Gazeta Wyborcza
Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Fellow

Andrew Zajac — Akron, Ohio
statehouse reporter, Akron Beacon Journal
Knight Journalism Fellow