Past Fellows

Malia Politzer named to One World Media Longlist 2023

  • March 29, 2023
  • ICWA

The One World Media Awards Longlist 2023 includes “The Baby Broker Project,” by Malia Politzer (India, Spain, 2013-2015), Simon Bowers and Naipanoi Lepapa in Finance Uncovered for the print media award.

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ECFR: Hannah Armstrong on Europeans and the Sahel

  • March 29, 2023
  • ICWA

“The roots of peace: Why Europeans should help re-establish support for local dialogue in the Sahel,” by Hannah Armstrong (West Africa, 2012-2014), European Council on Foreign Relations, March 28, 2023

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Foreign Policy: Joshua Levkowitz on Turkey targeting Syrian refugees

  • March 27, 2023
  • ICWA

“Turkey’s Xenophobic Turn Targets Stateless Syrians” by Joshua Levkowitz (Turkey, 2021-2023) Foreign Policy, March 26, 2023  

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Christian Science Monitor: Neri Zilber on Israel’s protesters

  • March 10, 2023
  • ICWA

“Israeli protesters: ‘Traitors’ and ‘anarchists’ or best and brightest?” by Neri Zilber (Israel, 2011-2013), The Christian Science Monitor, March 10, 2023.

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Foreign Policy: James Courtright on ethnic killings of Fulanis

  • March 10, 2023
  • ICWA

“Ethnic Killings by West African Armies Are Undermining Regional Security,” by James Courtright (West Africa, 2021-2023), Foreign Policy, March 7, 2023.

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Eve Fairbanks wins PEN nonfiction award

  • March 6, 2023
  • ICWA

“The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’s Racial Reckoning,” by Eve Fairbanks (South Africa, 2009-2011) wins the 2023 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction.

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Andrew Rice nominated for ASME award

  • February 27, 2023
  • ICWA

Andrew Rice (Uganda, 2002-2004) and Olivia Nuzzi’s article, “What the Right Found on Hunter Biden’s Laptop,” in New York Magazine, has been named a finalist in the American Society of Magazine Editors’ 2023 National Magazine Awards.

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Christopher Ball in Quinnipiac conference on Ukraine

  • February 21, 2023
  • ICWA

Christopher Ball (Hungary, 1996-1998) is set to moderate a panel on global and American challenges one year into Russia’s war in Ukraine, part of a Quinnipiac University conference called “How the Ukrainian Displacement Crisis Shapes European and American Policy.” Saturday, February 25, 2023, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. For more information and to attend, click

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Washington Institute: Andrew Tabler on Syrian earthquake aid

  • February 18, 2023
  • ICWA

“Helping Syrian Earthquake Victims, Not Assad,” by Andrew Tabler (Lebanon, Syria, 2005-2007), The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, February 16, 2023  

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NYT: Shannon Sims on rebuilding after Hurricane Ian

  • February 14, 2023
  • ICWA

“‘There’s No Spring Break Here’: Florida’s Gulf Coast Fights to Rebound After Hurricane Ian,” by Shannon Sims (Brazil, 2012-2014), The New York Times, February 13, 2023

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