Journalists in Residence Program Meet Our Alumni
Since launching in 2017, the program has welcomed participants from around the globe and from a variety of media outlets. Fellows create strong bonds with colleagues and Chicago Booth’s world-class faculty while building their knowledge and reporting skills to enhance public discourse around politics and the economy.
Past Participants
2024
Michael Ertl, BBC, Germany
Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, United States
John Liu, The New York Times, Taiwan
Daniel Lutaaya, News 24/7, Uganda
Neil Marks, News Room Inc., Guyana
Nicholas Megaw, Financial Times, United Kingdom
Linda A. Thompson, Freelance, Belgium
Latha Venkatesh, CNBCTV18, India
Afşin Yurdakul, Independent, Turkey
2023
Jocelyn Allison, Chicago Tribune, United States
Daryna Antoniuk, The Record and The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine
Julius Bizimungu, CNBC Africa, Rwanda
Steff Chávez, Financial Times, United States
Patrick Egwu, Freelancer, Nigeria (reporting from Canada)
Taimoor Hassan, Profit Magazine, Pakistan
Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi, NPR’s Planet Money, United States
James Mackintosh, Wall Street Journal, United Kingdom
2022
Adesola Afolabi, Stears Business, Nigeria
Rebecca Burns, Freelancer, US
Rodrigo Cardenas, La Tercera, Chile
Giovanna Faggionato, Domani, Italy
Rod Nickel, Reuters, Canada
A.D. Quig, Crain's Chicago Business, US
Tanya Thomas, Freelancer, India
Stephanie Tondo, O Globo, Brazil
2021*
Kate Allen, Financial Times, United Kingdom
Gabriel Baldocchi, Agência Estado/Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
Joe Bavier, Reuters, US, reporting from South Africa
Anca Gurzu, Freelancer/Devex, Canada/Romania, reporting from Belgium
Nian Liu, Financial Times, China
Olga Rudenko, Kyiv Post, Ukraine
Christopher Walljasper, Reuters, US
Blaž Zgaga, Freelancer/Nacional, Slovenia
*Note: Fellows selected for the 2020 program participated in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.*
2019
Stephen Carroll, France24, Ireland, reporting from France
Adam Creighton, The Australian, Australia
Saptarishi Dutta, BBC, India
Xinning Liu, Financial Times, China
Rachel Premack, Business Insider, US
Gloria Riva, L’Espresso, Italy
Samuel Sanya, The New Vision, Uganda
Nicole Torres, Harvard Business Review, US
2018
Avi Asher-Schapiro, Independent Investigative Reporter, US
Thomas Hale, Financial Times, UK
Megha Mandavia, The Economic Times, India
Daniel Matamala, CNN Chile, Chile
Jayme Poisson, Toronto Star, Canada
Jacob Schlesinger, Wall Street Journal, US
Dylan Tokar, Global Investigations Review, US
Zhang Qi (Archie), Financial Times, China
2017
Alexandra Fattal, The Economist, UK
Brooke Fox, Financial Times, US
Jana Kasperkevic, Marketplace, US
Chunxiao Li, Tradingmen, China
Francine McKenna, MarketWatch, US
Alana Rizzo, Epoca, Brazil
Asaf Shalev, Former Columbia University Reporting Fellow, US/Israel
Sharad Vyas, The Hindu, India
*Note: Publications listed are as of the time of acceptance into the program.