2009 fellows
Monica Oblitas
Country : Bolivia
Monica Oblitas started her journalism career in 1996. She has been working as editor and photographer of the ¡OH! magazine, part of ‘Los Tiempos’ newspaper, for the past 8 years.
Emmanuel Okella
Country : Uganda
Emmanuel Okella is an independent journalist and producer based in Kampala with nine years experience as a reporter. He works as News Editor/Environmental Journalist at Radio Simba-Uganda.
Rosalia Omungo
Country : Kenya
Rosalia Omungo works as a TV journalist for the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC). She specializes in reporting science, environment, agriculture and technology.
Hoa Lai Pham
Country : Vietnam
Hoa Lai Pham started her journalism career in 1998 as a first year student of Ho Chi Minh City University of Society and Human Science. Jasmine is now reporter/editor of Saigon Entrepreneur.
Wasantha Ramanayake
Country : Sri Lanka
Wasantha Kumara Ramanayake is a senior staff journalist of the Daily News, an english daily published in Colombo. He writes environment features and also covers power and energy issues.
Rina Saeed Khan
Country : Pakistan
Rina Saeed Khan is a Lahore based freelance journalist by profession, with an MSc in Environment and Development from the London School of Oriental and African Studies.
Paula Scheidt Manoel
Country : Brazil
Paula Scheidt is a Brazilian journalist specializing in climate change and sustainability. She is responsible for the editorial concept of CarbonoBrasil Portal, a journalistic website.
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.
Yu Sun
Country : China
Yu Sun is the Chief Writer of the Environmental Protection magazine, based in Beijing. She covered the UN climate conferences in Kyoto in 1997, and in Bali in 2007.
George Thomas
Country : India
George Thomas, popularly known as Siby Kattampally, is a senior journalist with over a quarter of a century’s experience in active journalism for Malayala Manorama, the second largest selling daily newspaper in India.
Maria Clara Valencia
Country : Colombia
María Clara is a Colombian journalist with a background in literary studies and a strong interest in the environment. Over the past five years, she has worked as a journalist for El Tiempo newspaper.
Servaas Van den Bosch
Country : Namibia
Servaas van den Bosch is a freelance journalist and editor, based in Windhoek, Namibia. He writes about climate change, environment, poverty, trade and energy issues in Southern Africa.
Petre Williams-Raynor
Country : Jamaica
Petre Williams-Raynor is the Environment editor/Editor, Career & Education at the Jamaica Observer newspaper. She has nine years experience in journalism.
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.
Nan Wu
Country : China
Nan Wu works as a senior international correspondent for the financial channel of NetEase, a leading news portal in China. She holds a Master’s from the Graduate School of Journalism at University of California.
Fidelis Zvomuya
Country : South Africa
Fidelis Zvomuya’s multi-faceted career includes journalism, media, health, education, communications and politics. Born in Zimbabwe, he began his career in 2000 with the BBC.
