Announcing 2011–2012 Knight Fellows Knight Science Journalism at MIT has selected twelve journalists from eight countries for its 29th class of Fellows. The journalists will study science, health, environment and technology at MIT during the academic year 2011–12. Alister Doyle is an environment correspondent for Reuters, based in Oslo,
specializing in U.N. climate negotiations and science. Dan Falk is a freelance science journalist and author
based in Toronto, Canada. His work is often heard on CBC Radio,
and he’s written two popular science books, Universe on a T-Shirt and In Search of Time. Pawel Gorecki is a science and technology journalist,
based in Warsaw, Poland. He works for Newsweek Polska weekly magazine. Hepeng Jia is a science journalist, who launched Science
News Bi-weekly, China's first magazine targeting the science community, which
is also the first magazine focused on investigative science journalism in the
country. Eli Kintisch is a policy reporter at Science magazine in Washington,
DC whose beat includes climate, energy, Congress and federal research. His book
Hack the Planet: Science's Best Hope --
or Worst Nightmare -- for Averting Climate Catastrophe came out last year. Bill Lattanzi is a freelance writer, producer, and editor,
specializing in science programming for television. His work includes
projects for Discovery, History Channel, National Geographic Channel, and Nova. Vincent Liota is a television producer, editor, and animator whose
work has appeared on NOVA scienceNOW, NOW with Bill Moyers and Nightline. Joyce Murdoch is a former managing editor of National
Journal magazine, a former Washington Post reporter and editor, and the author
of two books, including a history of the U.S. Supreme Court. Van Rouen is
weekend editor at The Cambodia Daily, the country’s first English-language
daily newspaper, and covers the natural sciences, particularly agriculture,
aquaculture, and other connected environment issues. Helen Shariatmadari is a London-based television
documentary maker, working for the BBC and producing films on a broad range of
science subjects, from human ecology to fundamental physics. Maria Stenzel is a freelance photojournalist who covers stories
about science, natural history, the environment, and indigenous cultures in
remote regions worldwide. She is a regular contributor to National Geographic
Magazine, with a special interest in Antarctica. Evelyn Tagbo is Associate Technology Editor at BusinessDay, Nigeria’s
only business and economic daily. The new Knights were chosen by a committee comprised of Philip J. Hilts, director, Knight Science Journalism at MIT; Charles Petit, science writer and KSJ Tracker; Peggy Girshman, executive editor, Online, Kaiser Health News; Jackie Mow, freelance film producer; and Michael Fischer, MIT Professor of Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies. |
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