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Class of 2020

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

Motunrayo Alaka ('20)
Motunrayo Alaka
JSK Journalism Fellow
executive director/CEO, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, Lagos, Nigeria
Krista Almanzan ('20)
Krista Almanzan
JSK Journalism Fellow
news director, 90.3FM (KAZU), Seaside, California
Omri Assenheim ('20)
Omri Assenheim
JSK Journalism Fellow
investigative journalist and author, Uvda, Tel Aviv, Israel
Garance Burke ('20)
Garance Burke
JSK-HAI Journalism Fellow
national investigative reporter, The Associated Press, San Francisco
Pamela Chen ('20)
Pamela Chen
JSK-HAI Journalism Fellow
creative director, Instagram, San Francisco
Jim Colgan ('20)
Jim Colgan
JSK Journalism Fellow
executive producer, Audible, San Francisco
Divine Dube ('20)
Divine Dube
JSK Journalism Fellow
editor-in-chief, The Citizen Bulletin, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Aaron Foley ('20)
Aaron Foley
JSK Journalism Fellow
chief storyteller, City of Detroit, Detroit
Anna Gielewska ('20)
Anna Gielewska
Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Fellow
journalist, Wprost, and vice president, Reporters Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
Marcelle Hopkins ('20)
Marcelle Hopkins
JSK Journalism Fellow
executive producer, The New York Times, New York
Matt Kiefer ('20)
Matt Kiefer
JSK Journalism Fellow
data editor, The Chicago Reporter, Chicago
Alastair Leithead ('20)
Alastair Leithead
JSK Journalism Fellow
Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya, British Broadcasting Corp.
Natália Mazotte ('20)
Natália Mazotte
Knight Latin American Fellow
executive director, Open Knowledge Foundation, São Paulo
Joseph Poliszuk ('20)
Joseph Poliszuk
JSK Press Freedom Fellow
editor and co-founder, Armando.info, Caracas, Venezuela
Bryan Pollard ('20)
Bryan Pollard
JSK Journalism Fellow
director of programs and strategic partnerships, Native American Journalists Association, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Michael Rain ('20)
Michael Rain
JSK Journalism Fellow
independent journalist, New York
Simon Willison ('20)
Simon Willison
JSK Journalism Fellow
co-creator of Django and an engineering director, Eventbrite, San Francisco
Jose Zamora ('20)
Jose Zamora
JSK Journalism Fellow
senior vice president/strategic communications, Univision News, Miami
Natasha Zouves ('20)
Natasha Zouves
JSK Journalism Fellow
news anchor and reporter, ABC7 (KGO-TV), San Francisco