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JSK names international journalism fellows for 2022-23

Program will focus on supporting journalists working to champion press freedom.
Headshots of the international fellows named for 2022-23

The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships selected and will welcome 5 journalism leaders from Asia, the Middle East and Latin America to Stanford University for the next JSK Class of 2022-23.

Beginning in September, these JSK Fellows will pursue a range of innovative ideas that seek to champion press freedom in a world where journalists and independent media are increasingly under attack.


“Journalists around the world are being exposed to a new level of hostility by repressive and authoritarian regimes, resulting in a dramatic deterioration of press freedom.” — Dawn Garcia, JSK director


The JSK 2022-23 international fellowships are focused on journalists from countries where governments are aggressively trying to stop journalists and their newsrooms from doing their work. Included in that focus are journalists from polarized nations hostile to journalism, often resulting in dangerous misinformation for its citizens.

The next fellowship class will include journalists from Ecuador, Guatemala, Kashmir, Philippines and Turkey. Throughout their 10 months at Stanford, the fellows will connect with Stanford resources and experts, participate in tailored workshops, individual coaching and peer-to-peer learning to grow as effective change agents and leaders. 

“We are eager to bring these terrific journalists to Stanford and have them make use of the vast resources available at one of the world’s top universities,” Garcia said. “We look forward to seeing their important ideas thrive and improve the access to information that people in all countries need to create and sustain democratic communities.”

Our international fellowships for the 2022-2023 academic year are being awarded to international journalists who previously committed to the program and could not participate due to the pandemic. Next fall, we plan to open international applications for the 2023-2024 academic year.

These five international fellows will join a thriving JSK community. More than 1,000 people from more than 80 countries have participated in journalism fellowships at Stanford since the program first began in 1966.

JSK will be announcing plans for the 2022-23 U.S. Fellowships next week and will begin accepting applications in early February.

International fellows, JSK Class of 2022-2023

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Anuradha Bhasin — Jammu and Kashmir, India
executive editor, Kashmir Times
Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Fellow

Anuradha Bhasin is executive editor of the Kashmir Times, one of the oldest English dailies in the region of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Under her leadership, the newspaper has continued to maintain an independent voice despite many threats and intimidations from state and non-state actors amidst an ongoing violent conflict. When the government of India blocked internet and phone service in the region in 2019, Bhasin launched a court challenge while leading her newsroom through finding ways to keep publishing in spite of the blackout. More targeted efforts to intimidate Bhasin and colleagues continued, including raids on their homes and offices and forcing the Kashmir Times to vacate its Srinagar offices and stop publishing one of its editions.   Bhasin has worked at the Times her entire journalism career, starting out as a reporter trainee. She was among the first journalists to have done in depth investigation into the impact of landmines on the lives of the people living on the borders and psychological impact of the Kashmir conflict. 

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Enrique Naveda — Guatemala City, Guatemala 
co-founder and former editor in chief, Plaza Pública
JSK Journalism Fellow

Enrique Naveda is the co-founder and editor in chief of Plaza Pública, Guatemala’s first online investigative magazine. The publication is regarded as one of the most trustworthy news outlets in Guatemala and Latin America.   Plaza Pública has won several national and international awards for investigative journalism, local reporting, and civic tech. Naveda has contributed to The New York Times, Univision, El Faro, and other international outlets. He is also the author of two nonfiction books and a co-author of a data journalism handbook. Navedais on the board of Diálogos, a policy lab, where he supports experimentation and solutions journalism.

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Çınar Oskay — Istanbul, Turkey 
content director, programs & documentaries, Gain Media
JSK Journalism Fellow

Çınar Oskay is content director of Gain Media, a video streaming platform launched in late 2020. He leads a documentary team that has produced programs on immigration, climate change and social and cultural events in Turkey.   Oskay is former editor-in-chief of the weekend papers of Hürriyet, Turkey’s leading newspaper that, at the time, was one of the most independent news sources in the country. When it was bought by a pro-government businessman, he was among many staff members who were fired for refusing to bend their journalism to support the Erdogan regime.  Previously, Oskay was the editor-in-chief of Radikal Sunday, Tempo, and managing editor of Milliyet and presented a weekend talk-show on CNNTurk. His book “June: A Journalistic Account of the Gezi Protests” was published in 2014. Oskay also is a consultant with DoganBurda Magazine Group. 

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Pia Ranada — Pasig City, Philippines 
senior reporter, Rappler
JSK Journalism Fellow

Pia Ranada is senior political reporter at Rappler, a news website and social news network based in Metro Manila. She is best known for her probing coverage of President Rodrigo Duterte, which prompted him to ban her from the presidential palace during his final term in office, which ended in June 2022.  During her time covering Duterte, Ranada used frequent invitations to speak to academic and news industry groups to advocate for press freedom as the president became increasingly aggressive in his efforts to force Rappler to close.  Ranada also hosts a podcast, Seat of Power, on political leadership for Rappler and a one-on-one interview show called Rappler Talk Newsmaker in which she interviews top government officials, politicians and advocates. In addition to politics, Ranada has reported extensively on the environment, climate change and the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. 

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Desirée Yépez — Quito, Ecuador 
journalist & fact-checker, Radio Ambulante Estudios
Knight Latin American Fellow

Desirée Yépez is a journalist and fact-checker for Radio Ambulante Studios. There she is part of a network of journalists throughout Latin America who collaborate on stories. She is passionate about strengthening collaborative journalism networks that focus on telling the stories of populations that are underrepresented in traditional media coverage.   Yepez is also a member of Chicas Poderosas, where she’s helped work on safety strategies for journalists working in risky situations. During the pandemic, with grant support from the International Center for Journalists, she documented and published cases of femicide to demonstrate that Ecuador also has a pandemic of gender violence. In 2020, Yepez received the Jorge Mantilla Ortega Award, Ecuador’s most important journalism award, for her efforts to bring greater visibility to issues faced by vulnerable populations. She previously was director of content at Fundamedios, an NGO that defends freedom of expression and press in the Americas and of Ecuador Chequea, a fact checking portal. Earlier in her career, she was director of digital media at Ecuador’s public media.

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