Top row: Eric Weiner, Mika Mäkeläinen, Pablo Rosendo Gonzalez
Third row: Dawn Garcia (deputy director), Helen Woods (administrative associate), Olena Prytula, Kelly Scott, Torsten Kjellstrand, Bruno Giussani, Robert Hiaasen
Middle row: Park Yong-Chan, Gail Ablow, Sara Catania, Matt Crenson, James Bettinger (director)
Front row: Barbara Roessner, Bonnie V. Winston, Barbara Brotman, Kay Johnson, Barbara Meyers (program administrator), Kanda Yuki, Lynne K. Varner, Azmat Abbas
Fellows are listed alphabetically, with original titles and employers from their fellowship year.
Azmat Abbas
staff writer/Lahore, The Herald, Lahore, Pakistan (Hearst Foundation Fellow)
Focus: History of Islam and history of conflict resolution
Gail Ablow
freelance television documentary producer, New York
Focus: Environmental science, policy and health
Barbara Brotman
columnist & writer, Chicago Tribune
Focus: Religion and women
Sara Catania
staff writer, Los Angeles Weekly
Focus: Mental illness and criminal law
Matt Crenson
National writer, Associated Press, New York
Focus: Non-archaeological investigations of human prehistory
Bruno Giussani
freelance writer, Zurich, Switzerland (Hearst Foundation Fellow)
Focus: Intersection of technology and society
Pablo Rosendo Gonzalez
special projects editor, Capital Intelectual S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina (Knight Foundation Latin American Fellow)
Focus: Latin America perspectives on U.S. culture
Robert Hiaasen
features reporter, Baltimore Sun
Focus: Screenwriting and narrative journalism
Kay Johnson
correspondent/Vietnam, Time
Focus: Globalization’s impact on international law
Kanda Yuki
staff writer, Iwate Nippo Co., Iwate, Japan (Fulbright Program Fellow)
Focus: U.S. environmental policies and government-citizen cooperation
Torsten Kjellstrand
photojournalist, Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review
Focus: The renaissance on Native American reservations
Mika Mäkeläinen
foreign reporter, YLE Finnish Broadcasting, Helsinki, Finland (Koura Foundation Fellow)
Focus: International politics, international conflict management, security policy and U.S. foreign policy
Park Yong-Chan
senior reporter, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, Seoul, Korea (Shinyoung Journalism Fellow)
Focus: Future of the U.S.-Korea alliance
Olena Prytula
editor-in-chief and owner, Ukrayinska Pravda, Kiev, Ukraine (Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Fellow)
Focus: Internet-based communications and new media technologies
Barbara Roessner
deputy managing editor, Hartford (CT) Courant
Focus: Art and politics
Kelly Scott
Sunday Calendar editor, Los Angeles Times
Focus: How dramatic license in popular culture shapes our understanding of history
Lynne K. Varner
editorial writer & columnist, Seattle Times
Focus: Evolving political dynamics between African Americans and Hispanics
Eric Weiner
Tokyo correspondent, National Public Radio
Focus: The clash of the modern world with ancient cultures and religions
Bonnie Winston
public safety team editor, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Focus: The impact of race, culture and religion on conflict and conflict resolution