Advisory Board
The Alfred Friendly Press Partners Advisory Board is composed of news leaders in print, broadcast and digital journalism. They include top-ranked editors, international journalists, innovative educators and pioneering thinkers.
The advisory board provides program advice on journalism issues. Among its roles:
- Identifying how the fellows – and their home organizations – can benefit most from the fellowship
- Recruiting accomplished journalists to train international media organizations in areas such as newsroom management, political coverage and investigative reporting
- Reviewing fellowship applications
- Recruiting and training U.S. host and international partner newsrooms
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Gilbert Bailón Executive Editor KERA News, DallasFormer Executive Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Joanna Ossinger
Editor, Cross Access Markets, Bloomberg News Specializes specializing in business and markets news including crypto, stocks, FX, macro, derivatives
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Kevin Drew
Supervising Editor, National Public Radio, Washington Former editor, US News & World Report |
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Marina Walker Guevara
Executive Editor, Pulitzer Center Former Deputy Director, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists |
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Joseph Odindo Former Editorial Director Standard Group Nairobi, Kenya |
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Francesco Marconi
Computational journalist, co-founder of real-time information company Applied XL Former manager of strategy at The Associated Press and R&D Chief at The Wall Street Journal |
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Jackie Combs-Nelson
Former designer/editor, Chicago Tribune |
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Rob Eshman Former Director, Publisher and Editor-in-chief of TRIBE Media |
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Teri Hayt
Report for America, Deputy Director of Corps Excellence, Regional Manager Former Executive Director |
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Greg Victor CEO and Founder, International Free Expression Project, Pittsburgh PA |