2011 fellows
Armsfree Onomo Ajanaku
Nigeria
Armsfree Onomo Ajanaku works as a features writer with The Guardian, the acclaimed flagship of the Nigerian press. Since 2006 he has covered issues of the environment, development, and the infrastructural challenges in different parts of the country.
Chrisjan Appollus
Namibia
Chrisjan Appollus, from Windhoek, is a TV producer at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation focusing on environmental and agricultural TV documentaries. He has worked in media since 2004 as a director, producer, writer, video editor and camera person.
Isyana Artharini
Indonesia
Isyana Artharini is an editor and op-ed writer for the Yahoo! Indonesia editorial team. During the six years that she has worked as a journalist, she has covered urban development and transportation issues, gender, environment, and pop culture.
Ramesh Prasad Bhushal
Nepal
Ramesh Prasad Bhushal is an environmental reporter on the English daily ‘The Himalayan Times’ in Nepal. He holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science with a specialization in Mountain Environment. Ramesh was a CCMP Fellow in 2010.
Sean Christie
South Africa
Sean Christie has written for leading South African newsgroups for half a decade, mainly about agriculture and mining in Southern Africa. Sean is currently a foreign policy correspondent for the Mail & Guardian newspaper, a major South African weekly.
Dave Durbach
South Africa
Dave Durbach works for the Daily Sun, South Africa’s biggest daily paper, and the online magazine Mahala. He has also worked for newspapers in Berlin and Seoul, and NGOs in India. His interests include music and culture, development and sports.
Maria Gabriela Ensinck
Argentina
María Gabriela Ensinck reports for El Cronista, a Buenos Aires-based financial paper, and contributes to other national publications. Specializing in science, technology, environment and business, she is a member of the Argentine Science Journalism Network.
Carol Francis
Jamaica
Carol Francis is a consummate media professional. She has won numerous prestigious industry awards. Renowned for her attention to detail, Carol has reported on issues of national importance, including the environment and health.
Li Jing
China
Li Jing is a journalist with China Daily, extensively covering China’s environment, energy and climate policies. She works for the newspaper’s cover story page, doing investigative reports on climate change, environment, social development and urbanization.
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
United States of America
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein is the database and investigative editor at Hoy, the Chicago Tribune’s Spanish-language newspaper. He is the president of the Dart Society, an organization that supports journalists who cover issues of trauma and violence.
Faisal Raza Khan
Pakistan
Based in Pakistan, Faisal Raza Khan is an award winning journalist working in the areas of environment, economy, diplomacy and foreign policy. He has more than 11 years of journalistic experience with TV, magazines, newspaper, wire service, and radio.
Heather King
United States of America
Heather King covers sustainable business for The GreenBiz Group. Heather has 15 years of experience in business, non-profit and media. She serves on the boards of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Trust for Conservation Innovation.
Deodatus Mfugale
Tanzania
Deodatus Mfugale has over ten years of experience in environmental reporting and won various awards, including a 2009 SADC Water Media Award. He is working with the Journalists Environmental Association of Tanzania as a features writer and media trainer.
Hasina Mjingo
Tanzania
Hasina Mjingo works with Daily Citizen newspaper. She has five years of experience in environmental reporting and one year in blogging. Hasina developed an interest in environmental reporting after reading a lot about the alarming effects of climate change.
Flávia Dias de Souza Moraes
Brazil
Flávia Dias de Souza Moraes is the editor of the Climate and Energy section of the O Eco website. After graduating with a degree in journalism, she studied geography and researched climate change in Brazil.
Lorenzo Morales
Colombia
Lorenzo Morales is a freelance journalist, a journalism teacher, and a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grantee. For the past two years, he has covered environment-related news, such as water access and his country’s recent mining boom.
Tiwonge Ng’ona
Malawi
Tiwonge Ng’ona is a chief reporter for The Guardian Newspaper in Malawi. She graduated in mass communications and has been a journalist since 1999. She is passionate about climate change because of its effects on her country.
Stella Sumita Paul
India
Stella Sumita Paul is a multimedia journalist with ten years of experience as a reporter, editor and director. Her expertise includes environment and development. She reports independently to several media outlets, including ‘Planet Earth’ environmental magazine.
Fidelis Zvomuya
South Africa
Fidelis Zvomuya is an editor with Agriconnect Communication Media and is a Reuters climate change country correspondent. He specialises in environment, agriculture and climate change. Born in Zimbabwe, Fidelis is based in Pretoria, South Africa.
