2008 fellows
Rivonala Razafison
Country : Madagascar
Rivonala Razafison Science journalist mentored by the World Federation of Science Journalists (October 2006-October 2008).
Jianmin Ren
Country : China
Jianmin Ren Chief of Bangkok Bureau People’s Daily, China’s flagship newspaper. Ren has been a science journalist since 1997 and has worked as an overseas correspondent.
Cecilia Rosen
Country : Mexico
Cecilia Rosen is based in Mexico City. Since 2007 she has worked as a science reporter for Science Section at Reforma Newspaper. Cecilia has been covering climate change since 2004.
Pinaki Roy
Country : Bangladesh
Pinaki Roy Working with The Daily Star, the leading English language daily newspaper in Bangladesh, for around six years as senior Reporter with special responsibility as deputy chief reporter.
Michael Simire
Country : Nigeria
After obtaining a degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Nigeria in 1990, Michael Simire joined the Guardian Newspapers Limited as the Housing & Environment Reporter.
Nicolás Landa Tami
Country : Peru
Nicolás Alfredo Landa Tami is Video reporter for NAPA, a TV program for kids between 11-16. His areas of interest are human rights and the environment.
Panyasith Thammavongsa
Country : Vietnam
Panyasith Thammavongsa is a reporter and assistant news editor for the Vientiane Times in Laos. He covers drugs, environment and development. He’s been with the Times for more than five years.
Irena Pretika Widayanti
Country : Indonesia
Irena Pretika works for a non profit broadcaster that airs in Jakarta and Medan, two big cities in Indonesia. Her current position is as an assistant producer for a talk show program.
Harold Williams
Country : Sierra Leone
Environmental Journalist Harold Williams is a multi-media producer with on-line and broadcast publications. AFRICANEWS.COM is the publisher of his electronic news.
Patrick K. Wrokpoh
Country : Liberia
Patrick K. Wrokpoh has practised journalism for the last 12 years, working with The Inquirer Newspaper of Liberia as an Associate Editor.
Rachael van der Kooye
Country : Suriname
Rachael van der Kooye is a free-lance journalist for newspaper, radio and television in Suriname. Over the last fifteen years she has specialized in environment and development issues.
Natalia Viana
Country : Brazil
Natalia Viana is an investigative journalist who lives in São Paulo, Brazil. A freelance writer and producer, she focuses on politics, the environment and human rights issues.
Ke Xu
Country : China
Ke Xu, an environmental and science reporter for Caijing Magazine in China. Has environmental news and climate change policy for the Magazine.
Myint Zaw
Country : Burma
Ju Publishing House. Based in Yangon. In 2006, he began working for the Environmental Journalism Network to train Burmese journalists on environmental issues.
