Knight Public Health Journalism Fellowships

Knight Fellowship Alumni

The Knight Fellowship program is in its sixth year of providing journalists the opportunity to study epidemiology and public health at CDC. To date, 33 journalists from a variety of media outlets have completed the program.

2004 Knight Fellowship Alumni

The journalists participating in the fifth class of the Knight Public Health Journalism Fellowship were:

  • Mangai Balasegaram, freelance writer for BBC News Online, Malaysia
  • Helen Braswell, medical writer for the Canadian Press Agency, Toronto
  • Carol Clark, freelance writer in Atlanta
  • Debra Goldschmidt, freelance television producer, New York
  • Jeremiah Luria Johnson, freelance radio reporter and writer, Albuquerque, NM
  • Katherine Schlatter, radio reporter for Voice of America, NPR and others, Hong Kong

2003 Knight Fellowship Alumni

The journalists participating in the fourth class of the Knight Public Health Journalism Fellowship were:

  • Golda Armah, health reporter for the Daily Graphic in Accra, Ghana
  • Karen Frick, European health reporter for the Bloomberg wire service in Zurich, Switzerland
  • Caleb Hellerman, a writer for ABC’s “Good Morning America”
  • Cynthia Mills, a free-lance writer and practicing veterinarian in Portland, OR
  • Naftali Mungai, a sub-editor for science and health at The People Daily in Nairobi, Kenya
  • Julie Piotrowski, public health reporter for Modern Healthcare
  • Ann Potempa, health reporter at the Anchorage Daily News
  • David Tuller, a free-lance writer in San Francisco specializing in health issues

2002 Knight Fellowship Alumni

The journalists participating in the third class of the Knight Public Health Journalism Fellowship were:

  • Sanjay Bhatt, medical reporter for The Palm Beach Post in West Palm Beach, FL
  • Koren Capozza, free-lance print and radio reporter in San Francisco, specializing in health and environmental issues
  • Nancy Franklin, a writer for The New Yorker magazine
  • Ben Harder, reporter on health and environmental issues for Science News in Washington, D.C.
  • Karen Palmer, health reporter for the Toronto Star
  • Mary Ann Roser, medical reporter, Austin American-Statesman in Austin, TX

2001 Knight Fellowship Alumni

Participants of the CDC Foundation’s Knight Public Health Journalism Fellowships at CDC for 2001 were:

  • Paula Andalo, health editor for Argentina’s largest newspaper, Clarin, in Buenos Aires and host of a weekly radio show “The Medical Kit”
  • Cary Barbor, a freelance health writer and editor for ReadersDigest.com, CBS HealthWatch, and fitness magazines. She is based in New York City
  • Katherine Dougan, health reporter for The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi
  • Barbara Isaacs, consumer health features writer for The Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader
  • Shantell Kirkendoll, health reporter for The Flint (Mich.) Journal
  • John Pope, medical/health reporter for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans

2000 Knight Fellowship Alumni

The first class of Knight Fellows finished in October 2000. The six journalists who participated in the 2000 program were:

  • Tamara Hill, medical columnist, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Texas
  • Rachel Jones, medical/science desk reporter, National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.
  • Mary J. Loftus, health feature writer and assistant editor for New York Times regional newspapers
  • Marilynn Marchione, medical writer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wis.
  • Moji Makanjuola, medical correspondent, Nigerian Television Authority
  • Eric Whitney, radio producer and print reporter, High Plains News Services, Billings, Mont.