Argentina
Ms. Natalia Montagna, is an anchor and producer for Channel 10 TV News in Mar Del Plata. She writes, produces and hosts a TV program called “Línea de Tiempo” which is about international issues, history and biographies for Channel 10 TV News.
Australia
Ms. Siobhan Heanue is a TV journalist and presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Canberra. She also produces and presents Culture Quarter, which airs on ABC’s 24-hour news channel and presents stories of cultural significance for a national audience.
Brazil
Mr. Alexandre Rodrigues Jorge is a reporter at the daily paper O Estado de S. Paulo. He reports on business, politics and development from the Rio de Janeiro office.
China
Ms. Lin Meilian is senior reporter and section chief of the in-depth section at the English-language Global Times newspaper in Beijing. She has also worked with the Japanese newspaper Mainichi and RTL Dutch Television.
Egypt
Ms. Ethar El Katatney is a freelance journalist working in Cairo whose work has appeared on CNN and in Egypt Today and Business Today, Egypt’s premier English-language publications.
Finland
Ms. Eija Väliranta is a journalist and web producer with Apu, a weekly magazine, in Helsinki. She has also worked as a script writer and photo journalist.
India
Ms. Namrata Acharya is a principal correspondent with the Business Standard newspaper in Kolkata covering the financial sector, including banks, micro-finance, insurance and non-banking finance companies.
Moldova/Romania
Ms. Andra Miron is executive producer of Publika TV in Chisinau, the first 24-hour news channel in Moldova. Before that, she was a senior journalist and trainings manager at Realitatea TV in Bucharest, Romania.
Pakistan
Mr. Waqar Gillani is staff reporter with The News on Sunday (TNS), the weekend edition of The News International, a leading English daily of Pakistan in Lahore.
Uganda
Mr. Benon Oluka is a special projects writer for the Daily Monitor newspaper in Kampala, where he does in-depth investigative reporting on such subjects as the economy, politics, agriculture and regional issues and their implications.