Knight Science Journalism @MIT

Science Journalism in the Public Interest

Class of 1986

Bottom (l-r): Seth Shulman, Karen Klinger, David Wheeler, Robert Zalisk. Top (l-r): Dick Thompson, David Ansley, Victor K. McElheny, Erich Hoyt, Michael Unger.

1986 Fellows

Karen Klinger
Michael Unger
Erich Hoyt Dorset, United Kingdom
Seth Shulman Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
Robert Zalisk Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
David Ansley Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
David Wheeler London, England
Dick Thompson Portland, Oregon, United States
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Usha Lee McFarling Named Director of the Knight Science Journalism Program

McFarling, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and national science correspondent for STAT, was a 1992-93 Knight Science Journalism Fellow.

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