New RISJ Journalist Fellows to examine critical issues affecting their profession
Eleven Journalist Fellows from around the world join the Reuters Institute this week. They will stay in Oxford for up to three terms, taking a break from their careers to spend time reflecting on critical issues facing their profession. The Journalist Fellows will attend lectures and seminars at the Reuters Institute and the University of Oxford and will also work on their own research projects, supervised by academics and practitioners.
The Fellows come from a wide range of countries including China, Palestine, the Philippines, and the US. The group includes some who represent leading news organisations such as the BBC, Yahoo! News, Denmark’s Ekstra Bladet and the UAE’s The National, as well as award-winning independent journalists.
The range of research projects reflects the diversity of the cohort, with some Fellows taking an in-depth look at issues affecting their own particular locations and circumstances. Others will examine issues affecting the profession as a whole.
Proposed research topics include ‘Foreign news coverage in the mobile internet era in China,’ ‘How European media companies sign up digital subscribers (and keep them)’ and ‘Democracies at war with the media’.
Director of the Journalism Fellowship Programme, Meera Selva, said: “This term's Journalist Fellows have been at the front line of journalism and while they are at the Reuters Institute they should be able to learn much more about the how to ensure the media in their countries can survive and meet the challenges coming down the line.”
The fellows join a long list of journalists who have been part of the Fellowship Programme which started in 1983.
The 11 journalists are:
- Soma Basu, India
- Tomasz Augustyniak, Poland
- Alexandra Vladimirova , Russia
- Zijuan Zhong, China
- Mozart Pastrano, Philippines
- Kadia Tubman, USA
- Nirvana El Said, Egypt
- Aura Lindeberg, Finland
- James Miles, Denmark
- Nagham Mohanna, Palestine
- Michael Leitner, Austria
