[Sci-tech-public] Knight Science Journalism at MIT 2011-12 Fellows announced

[Eric Strattman]

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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