U-M names Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows

ANN ARBOR-The Knight-Wallace Fellows program at the University of Michigan has named 12 American and eight international journalists for the academic year 2013-2014. The group is the 40th to be offered fellowships by the university. "The mission of the Knight-Wallace Fellows program is to help top talent grow personally as well as professionally, and this year's group shows huge potential to do just that," said Fellowship Director Charles R. Eisendrath, a former TIME correspondent in Washington, London, Paris and Buenos Aires. "They will enrich campus life while at Michigan and their audiences when they return to working journalism." While on leave from regular duties, Knight-Wallace Fellows pursue customized sabbatical studies and attend twice-weekly seminars at Wallace House, a gift from the late newsman Mike Wallace and his wife Mary. The program also includes training in narrative writing and multiplatform journalism. News tours for the KWF group to Edmonton (Alberta), Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and Istanbul are an integral part of the program. Knight-Wallace Fellows receive a stipend of $70,000 for the eight-month academic year, plus full tuition and health care insurance. The program is entirely funded through endowment gifts by foundations, news organizations and individuals committed to improving the quality of information reaching the public. Fellows and their study projects are: Petra Bartosiewicz, writer (Harper's, LA Magazine, New York Times); The institutionalization of the War on Terror. Jenny Baxter, head of production, BBC News; How can large news organizations adapt for the ongoing digital media revolution?