Class of 1998

The 1998 Knight Fellows in standing rows on Stanford steps, grayscale photo.

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

Margarita Assenova — Plovdiv, Bulgaria
editor, freelance news broadcaster, Tolerance Newsletter
Egon Scotland Fellow

Peter Bahemuka — Kampala, Uganda
freelance journalist, general secretary, Uganda Journalists Safety Committee
Knight Journalism Fellow

Alvin Bessent — Melville, New York
editorial writer, Newsday
Knight Journalism Fellow

John Boudreau — Walnut Creek, California
reporter, Contra Costa Times
Knight Journalism Fellow

Carlos Chamorro — Managua, Nicaragua
director, Esta Semana
Knight Journalism Fellow

Bob Drogin — Los Angeles, California
Johannesburg bureau chief, Los Angeles Times
Knight Journalism Fellow

Ann Grimes — Washington D.C.
deputy national editor, The Washington Post
Knight Journalism Fellow

Chong-Hyuk Kim — Seoul, Korea
reporter, Joong Ang Daily News
Shinyoung Journalism Fellow

Curtis Krueger — St. Petersburg, Florida
reporter, columnist, St. Petersburg Times
Knight Journalism Fellow

Kevin McKenna — New York, New York
editorial director, The New York Times Electronic Media Company
Knight Journalism Fellow

Roberta Oster — New York, New York
producer “Dateline”, NBC News 
Knight Journalism Fellow

Jagadish Pokhrel — Kathmandu, Nepal
sub-editor, Rising Nepal
Knight Journalism Fellow

Gary Polakovic — Riverside, California
environment writer, Riverside Press-Enterprise
Knight Journalism Fellow

William Ramírez-Mendoza — La Paz, Bolivia
editor-in-chief, Cronicas/Numero Especial
Knight Foundation Latin American Fellow

Michal Ruzicka — Prague, Czech Republic
deputy editor-in-chief, Tyden
Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Fellow

Debra Shapiro — Boston, Massachusetts
senior producer, special projects, WCVB-TV
Knight Journalism Fellow

Tabitha Soren — New York, New York
senior political correspondent, MTV News
Knight Journalism Fellow

Susan Warner — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
business reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Knight Journalism Fellow

Harriet Washington — Rochester, New York
editor, freelance
Knight Journalism Fellow