José Zamora of Knight Foundation revealed that Mexican investigative reporters Rocío Idalia Gallegos Rodríguez and Sandra Rodríguez Nieto and Cambodian journalist Thet Sambath will receive the Knight International Journalism awards.
Knight Award judges were impressed by the work of a journalist in Cambodia who spent more than a decade uncovering the truth behind the brutal Pol Pot regime. The panel said that his documentary was a tour de force.
Knight International Journalism Fellow Jessica Smith completed four months of journalism training in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam in 2005, partnering with the the Independent Journalism Foundation.
Knight International Journalism Fellow Ann Olson completed nine months of journalism training in Cambodia in 2002, partnering with the Independent Journalism Foundation.
Knight International Journalism Fellow Bonnie Huang completed nine months of journalism training in Cambodia and Vietnam in 2003, partnering with the Independent Journalism Foundation.
Knight International Journalism Fellow Richard Hornik completed four months of journalism training in Cambodia and Vietnam in 2003, partnering with the Independent Journalism Foundation.
Knight International Journalism Fellow Michael Fowler (deceased) completed four months of journalism training in Cambodia in 2001, partnering with the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
Knight International Journalism Fellow Michelle Foster completed nine months of journalism training in Cambodia and Vietnam in 2004, partnering with the Independent Journalism Foundation.
