NEW YORK, April 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal today announced the 2007 Robert L. Bartley Fellows, who will receive paid internships to work at the Journal editorial page worldwide and the Far Eastern Economic Review.
The Journal selected seven candidates out of more than 50 applicants. The fellowship program is named in honor of the late editor of The Wall Street Journal, Robert L. Bartley, who directed the Journal's editorial and leisure & arts coverage from 1972-2002.
"These fellowships are intended for young men and women whose views are broadly consistent with Bob's belief in economic and political liberty and who aspire to careers in journalism," said Paul Gigot, editor of the editorial page for The Wall Street Journal. "I'm delighted to welcome them to the Journal and Review."
The 2007 Bartley Fellows are:
-- Bianca Bosker, from Portland, Ore., is a junior at Princeton University majoring in East Asian Studies. She is a member of the University Press Club and was a freelance correspondent for the Trenton Times. Ms. Bosker will work in Hong Kong this summer at the Far Eastern Economic Review. -- Taylor W. Buley, from Milwaukee, Wis., is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in politics, philosophy and economics. He is the founding editor of the Pennsylvania Independent student newspaper and is the author of "The Fresh Politics Reader: Making Current Event and Public Affairs Relevant to Young Americans," published last year. Mr. Buley will work in New York this summer. -- Elizabeth Dickinson, from Littleton, Colo., is a senior at Yale University majoring in African and international studies. She is the former editor-in-chief of The Yale Globalist, a journal of foreign affairs and editorial director of Global21 Inc., an umbrella organization for student publications in ten countries. Ms. Dickinson will work in Brussels for The Wall Street Journal Europe. -- Joseph Malchow, from Scotch Plains, N.J., is a junior at Dartmouth College majoring in government. He founded Dartblog.com, where he blogs on a range of subjects, including the recent change to Dartmouth's constitution. He also writes for National Review Online. Mr. Malchow will work in New York this summer. -- Malia Politzer, from San Jose, Calif., graduated last year from Hampshire College where she studied journalism and international affairs. For her senior thesis, she spent a year doing independent research on the U.S.-Mexico border, where she examined border policy and unauthorized immigration. Ms. Politzer will work in Hong Kong this spring for The Wall Street Journal Asia. -- Christian Sahner from Maplewood, N.J., is a senior at Princeton University majoring in art and archaeology, with certificates in medieval and Hellenic studies. He is the editor-in chief of the Princeton Tory and co-editor of Scivias: Princeton University Medieval Studies Journal. He will attend Oxford University in the fall as a Rhodes Scholar. Mr. Sahner will work in New York this summer. -- Bari Weiss, from Pittsburgh, Pa., is a senior at Columbia University majoring in history, with a focus on history of the human rights. She is the founder and editor of The Current, a journal of contemporary politics, culture and Jewish affairs, and has been a columnist for the Daily Spectator. Ms. Weiss will work in New York this summer.
About Robert L. Bartley
Mr. Bartley guided editorial opinion at The Wall Street Journal for more than 30 years. During his tenure, he was responsible for editorials, op-ed articles and arts and cultural criticism in all Wall Street Journal enterprises. He had also been a vice president of Dow Jones & Company for almost 20 years.
Mr. Bartley won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1980, a Gerald Loeb Award and a Citation for Excellence from the Overseas Press Club of America. In Dec. 2003, Mr. Bartley was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. In his citation, President Bush called Mr. Bartley "one of the most influential journalists in American history" and "a champion of free markets, individual liberty, and the values necessary for a free society."
About The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal, the flagship publication of Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ) (www.dowjones.com), is the world's leading business publication. Founded in 1889, The Wall Street Journal has a print and online circulation of nearly 2.1 million, reaching the nation's top business and political leaders, as well as investors across the country. Holding 31 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, The Wall Street Journal provides readers with trusted information and knowledge to make better decisions. The Wall Street Journal print franchise has more than 600 journalists world-wide, part of the Dow Jones network of nearly 1,800 business and financial news staff. Other publications that are part of The Wall Street Journal franchise, with total circulation of 2.6 million, include The Wall Street Journal Asia, The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, the largest paid subscription news site on the Web. In 2006, the Journal was ranked No. 1 in BtoB's Media Power 50 for the seventh consecutive year.
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