The Koeppel Fellowship in Journalism program brings outstanding journalists to Wesleyan to teach for a semester and participate in special events. The Fellows work closely with students and explore both the core values and forms of traditional print journalism and the broad opportunities available in new media. Courses offered by Koeppel Fellows are sponsored by the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life.

2023-2024 Koeppel Fellow

  • Rajaa Elidrissi

    Fall 2023

    CSPL268: Reporting on Global Issues: International Journalism in Action

    melidrissi@wesleyan.edu

    ABOUT THE FELLOW

2022-2023 Koeppel Fellow

  • Jacqueline Rabe Thomas

    Spring 2023

    CSPL299: The Rest of the Story: Techniques for Investigative Reporting

    jrabethomas@wesleyan.edu

    ABOUT THE FELLOW

2021-2022 Koeppel Fellows

  • Stephen Busemeyer

    2019-Present

    QAC 250: An Introduction to Data Journalism

    ABOUT THE FELLOW

2021-2022 Koeppel Fellows

  • James Gorman

    Spring 2022

    ABOUT THE FELLOW

Past fellows

  • Graham Griffith '93

    Spring 2021

    WRCT250V: The Voice(s) of Expertise: How Podcasting Is Changing the Way We Listen and Learn

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Daniel de Visé '89

    Spring 2021

    WRCT250W: Topics in Journalism: The Art and Craft of Journalistic Nonfiction

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Peter Godwin

    Fall 2019

    WRCT 250R: First Person Singular

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • David Daley

    Fall 2019

    WRCT250N: Writing Reality: Journalism in an Era of Polarization and “Fake News”

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Jane Eisner ’77, P’06, ’12

    Spring 2019

    WRCT250Q: The Journalist as Citizen

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Lily Koe Herman '16

    Fall 2018 / Spring 2019

    CSPL250P: "It's a Mess," An Academic and Practical Look at Digital Media in the Late 2010s

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Stephen Friedman '91

    Spring 2018

    WRCT 250M: Topics in Journalism: Storytelling and Social Change

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Richard Conniff

    Spring 2017

    WRCT 250K: Topics in Journalism: Writing, Wit, and the Natural World

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Andrew Tran

    Spring 2017

    WRCT 250L: Topics in Journalism: Introduction to Data Journalism

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Steve Almond ’88

    Fall 2016

    WRCT 250J: Topics in Journalism: Literary Journalism

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • John Stoehr

    Spring 2016

    WRCT 250H: Topics in Journalism: Writing Op-Ed Pieces and Political Essays

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Ariel Levy ’96

    Fall 2015

    WRCT 250G: Topics in Journalism: Literary Journalism

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Vanessa Gezari

    Spring 2015

    WRCT 250E: Topics in Journalism: War Stories-Fact, Memory, & Imagination: Conflict Reporting & Literature of War

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Steven Greenhouse ’73, P’08

    Fall 2014

    WRCT 250F: Topics in Journalism: Journalism, Nonfiction Writing, and the Search for Truth

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Tracie McMillan

    Spring 2014

    WRCT 250D: Topics in Journalism: Writing (and Arguing) About Inequality: How to Make Your Case

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Barbara Roessner ’75, P’15

    Spring 2013

    WRCT 266: Topics in Journalism: Techniques in Narrative Journalism

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Martha Raddatz

    Spring 2012

    WRCT 262: Topics in Journalism: Foreign Affairs

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Lawrence Roberts P’11

    Spring 2012

    WRCT 261: Topics in Journalism: Disruption, Truth, and the Future of News

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Jane Eisner ’77, P’06, ’12

    Spring 2011

    WRCT 258: The Journalist as Citizen

    ABOUT THE FELLOW
  • Jane Eisner ’77, P’06, ’12

    Spring 2010

    GOV 190: The Journalist as Citizen

    ABOUT THE FELLOW