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Africa

Henk van Ess

Worldwide open source trainer, writer, consultant, speaker

10 applications assessed



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Laurent Bigot

Ecole publique de journalisme de Tours (EPJT) - State School of Journalism of Tours (France)

37 applications assessed



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Naglaa Elemary

Thomson Reuters Foundation, British University in Egypt, Jordan Media Institute

5 applications assessed



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Srijan Batra

3 applications assessed



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Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos

University of Amsterdam

4 applications assessed



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Rose Lukalo

1 application assessed



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Raymond Joseph

Southern Tip Media

35 applications assessed



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Ebele Oputa

5 applications assessed



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Souleymane Niang

West Africa Democracy Radio (Station Manager)

1 application assessed



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Sarphan Uzunoğlu

Lecturer Dr. Bilgi University & Kadir Has University

23 applications assessed



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George Nyabuga

The Aga Khan University/University of Nairobi

2 applications assessed



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Sudhakar Reddy Udumula

Nil

1 application assessed



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Dinah Fariya

3 applications assessed



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Antarctica

Henk van Ess

Worldwide open source trainer, writer, consultant, speaker

10 applications assessed



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Srijan Batra

3 applications assessed



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Asia

Henk van Ess

Worldwide open source trainer, writer, consultant, speaker

10 applications assessed



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Srijan Batra

3 applications assessed



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Sudhakar Reddy Udumula

Nil

1 application assessed



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Kanchan Kaur

nil

47 applications assessed



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Preeti Chauhan

3 applications assessed



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Surekha Deepak

24 applications assessed



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Arash Azizi

1 application assessed



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Harutyun (Harry) Tsatryan

Yerevan State University / American University of Armenia / European Youth Press / Wayne State University

1 application assessed



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Askhat Yerkimbay

"Data-educator, Head of the New Media Research Group, ""Minber"" Center for Journalism Excellence"

5 applications assessed



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Oleg Khomenok

Senior Media Advisor for Internews Network

20 applications assessed



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Dharma Adhikari

Journalism professor, educator, media critic, journalist, editor from Nepal

4 applications assessed



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Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir

Partner, Transact Law Firm; Visiting Faculty for Human Rights, Quaid-e-Azam University

2 applications assessed



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Sarphan Uzunoğlu

Lecturer Dr. Bilgi University & Kadir Has University

23 applications assessed



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Nikolaos Panagiotou

Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

5 applications assessed



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Laurens Lauer

University Duisburg-Essen, Germany

9 applications assessed



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Naglaa Elemary

Thomson Reuters Foundation, British University in Egypt, Jordan Media Institute

5 applications assessed



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Ben Luria

8 applications assessed



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tehilla shwartz altshuler

1 application assessed



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Ahmed Esmat

Alexandria Media Forum

4 applications assessed



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Raymond Joseph

Southern Tip Media

35 applications assessed



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Myint Kyaw

1 application assessed



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Tin Zar Aung

General Secetary of Myanmar Women Journalist Society

1 application assessed



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Yenny K

17 applications assessed



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Jose Mari Hall Lanuza

University of the Philippines Manila; University of Massachusetts Amherst

3 applications assessed



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Ma. Diosa Labiste

Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman

8 applications assessed



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Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos

University of Amsterdam

4 applications assessed



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Natalie Pang

National University of Singapore

1 application assessed



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Masato Kajimoto

Associate Professor of Practice at Journalism and Media Studies Centre, the University of Hong Kong

5 applications assessed



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Chen-Ling Hung

Graduate Institute of Journalism

5 applications assessed



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Kayo Mimizuka

University of Texas at Austin

2 applications assessed



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Olivier Fabre

Freelance

2 applications assessed



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Boyoung Lim

Senior Editor at Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting

2 applications assessed



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Jung Jae-Chul

1 application assessed



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Munkhchimeg Davaasharav

Freelance journalist, editor, and journalism trainer

2 applications assessed



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Australia

Henk van Ess

Worldwide open source trainer, writer, consultant, speaker

10 applications assessed



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Rebecca MacKinnon

Global Voices

1 application assessed



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Srijan Batra

3 applications assessed



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Anne Kruger

First Draft APAC Director

1 application assessed



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Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos

University of Amsterdam

4 applications assessed



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Laurent Bigot

Ecole publique de journalisme de Tours (EPJT) - State School of Journalism of Tours (France)

37 applications assessed



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Sarphan Uzunoğlu

Lecturer Dr. Bilgi University & Kadir Has University

23 applications assessed



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Europe

Henk van Ess

Worldwide open source trainer, writer, consultant, speaker

10 applications assessed



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Jeton Mehmeti

Lecturer at Rochester Institute of Technology Kosovo

11 applications assessed



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Srijan Batra

3 applications assessed



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Ramón Salaverría

School of Communication, University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain)

48 applications assessed



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Ivana Jeremic

journalist and fact-checker

21 applications assessed



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Milica Šarić

investigative journalist and fact-checker

14 applications assessed



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Sarphan Uzunoğlu

Lecturer Dr. Bilgi University & Kadir Has University

23 applications assessed



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Harutyun (Harry) Tsatryan

Yerevan State University / American University of Armenia / European Youth Press / Wayne State University

1 application assessed



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Sophia Ignatidou

Miss

1 application assessed



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Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos

University of Amsterdam

4 applications assessed



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Clara Attene

3 applications assessed



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Paolo Attivissimo

RSI - Radiotelevisione Svizzera (Swiss National Radio and TV)

10 applications assessed



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Laurent Bigot

Ecole publique de journalisme de Tours (EPJT) - State School of Journalism of Tours (France)

37 applications assessed



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Anabella Costache

Funky Citizens

6 applications assessed



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Angel Badillo

Real Instituto Elcano & Universidad de Salamanca

1 application assessed



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Natalia Meléndez Malavé

Univerisity of Málaga (Spain)

1 application assessed



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Bernhard Schneider

Danube University, Krems, Austria; University of Applied Science Joanneu, Graz, Austria

1 application assessed



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Laurens Lauer

University Duisburg-Essen, Germany

9 applications assessed



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Stephan Mündges

TU Dortmund University, Institute for Journalism

5 applications assessed



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Viorela Dan

University of Innsbruck

1 application assessed



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Christoph Schurian

2 applications assessed



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Tsvetelina Sokolova

Mediapool.bg

1 application assessed



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Oleg Khomenok

Senior Media Advisor for Internews Network

20 applications assessed



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Jan Indra

The Czech Centre for Investigative Journalism/OCCRP

6 applications assessed



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Gergo Saling

1 application assessed



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Ciprian Cucu

2 applications assessed



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Grzegorz Piechota

University of Oxford

10 applications assessed



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Emilia Codruța Simina

1 application assessed



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Martins Kaprans

Center for European Policy Analysis

16 applications assessed



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Andriy Kulykov

Commission for Journalism Ethics, Hromadske Radio

1 application assessed



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Ester Appelgren

Södertörn University

19 applications assessed



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Signe Ivask

1 application assessed



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Ben Luria

8 applications assessed



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Jane B. Singer

City, University of London

1 application assessed



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Julie Homchick Crowe

Seattle University

8 applications assessed



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Lucas Graves

Reuters Institute / UW–Madison

1 application assessed



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Erkan Saka

Istanbul Bilgi University

4 applications assessed



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North America

Henk van Ess

Worldwide open source trainer, writer, consultant, speaker

10 applications assessed



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Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos

University of Amsterdam

4 applications assessed



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Srijan Batra

3 applications assessed



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Ramón Salaverría

School of Communication, University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain)

48 applications assessed



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Sarphan Uzunoğlu

Lecturer Dr. Bilgi University & Kadir Has University

23 applications assessed



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Laurent Bigot

Ecole publique de journalisme de Tours (EPJT) - State School of Journalism of Tours (France)

37 applications assessed



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Ebele Oputa

5 applications assessed



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Ivana Jeremic

journalist and fact-checker

21 applications assessed



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Ben Luria

8 applications assessed



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Dagmar Thiel

Fundamedios

4 applications assessed



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Francisco Rolfsen Belda

Sao Paulo State University (UNESP, Brazil) and Brandeis University (US)

1 application assessed



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Jane B. Singer

City, University of London

1 application assessed



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Julie Homchick Crowe

Seattle University

8 applications assessed



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Lucas Graves

Reuters Institute / UW–Madison

1 application assessed



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Margot Susca

American University School of Communication

35 applications assessed



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Michael Wagner

University of Wisconsin-Madison

15 applications assessed



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Milica Šarić

investigative journalist and fact-checker

14 applications assessed



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Paolo Attivissimo

RSI - Radiotelevisione Svizzera (Swiss National Radio and TV)

10 applications assessed



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Steve Fox

Senior Lecturer/UMass

5 applications assessed



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South America

Angel Badillo

Real Instituto Elcano & Universidad de Salamanca

1 application assessed



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Henk van Ess

Worldwide open source trainer, writer, consultant, speaker

10 applications assessed



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Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos

University of Amsterdam

4 applications assessed



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Ramón Salaverría

School of Communication, University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain)

48 applications assessed



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Srijan Batra

3 applications assessed



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Francisco Rolfsen Belda

Sao Paulo State University (UNESP, Brazil) and Brandeis University (US)

1 application assessed



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Laurent Bigot

Ecole publique de journalisme de Tours (EPJT) - State School of Journalism of Tours (France)

37 applications assessed



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Marcelo Crispim da Fontoura

PUCRS

19 applications assessed



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Sarphan Uzunoğlu

Lecturer Dr. Bilgi University & Kadir Has University

23 applications assessed



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Eduardo Arriagada

Dean School of Communication, Catholic University, Chile

2 applications assessed



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Ivana Jeremic

journalist and fact-checker

21 applications assessed



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