ITN's Ronke Phillips among international journalists to receive Ochberg fellowships

ITN News' Ronke Phillips will participate in a programme to improve her coverage of violent and traumatic events, after winning an Ochberg Fellowship for 2009.

The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, part of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, but with offices around the world, awards fellowships to mid-career journalists looking to improve their understanding of emotional trauma and improve coverage of violence, conflict and tragedy.

A week-long fellowship program is designed to provide journalists with expertise in the 'many dimensions' of trauma and to meet like-minded colleagues from around the world.

Fellows attend seminars and participate in the annual conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies in November.

Phillips is currently a correspondent for ITV's 'London Tonight' having worked for more than 20 years in print, radio and television journalism, including various roles at the BBC and GMTV.

Phillips will be joined by fellow journalists from the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and Australia's ABC, listed in full below.

• Solange Azevedo, Epoca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Peter Cave, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  
• Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal
• Kari Lydersen, Washington Post
  
• John McCusker, Times-Picayune, New Orleans
• Maryn McKenna, independent journalist, Minneapolis, MN
  
• Jina Moore, Christian Science Monitor
• Ronke Phillips, ITV News, UK
• Huáscar Robles Carrasquillo, Metro San-Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Philip Zabriskie, independent journalist, New York City

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