Journalists in Residence Program Meet Our Alumni

JIR 2019 alumni group standing under the Chicago Booth sign

The Journalists in Residence Program brings together a diverse group of journalists from all over the world.

Since launching in 2017, the program has welcomed participants from 12 countries and 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

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

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