2019 Hawaii Journalism Workshop: Participants and their Backgrounds


Kelsey Atherton, Staff Writer, C4ISRNET (United States)

Twitter: @AthertonKD

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Vera Bergengruen, Pentagon Correspondent, Buzzfeed News (United States)

Twitter: @VeraMBergen

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Matthew Gault, Contributing Editor, Vice, Motherboard, and Freelance Journalist (United States)

Twitter: @mjgault

Matthew Gault is a journalist whose work has appeared in Vice, Reuters, and The New York Times. In 2015, Matthew studied and reported on pop culture’s effects on American nuclear policy thanks to a grant from the Ploughshares Fund. He is also the host of the “War College Podcast.”

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Liubov Glazunova, Foreign Desk Correspondent, Moskovskij Komsomolets (Russia)

Liubov Glazunova was born in Tambov, Russia, but spent her early years in Istra, a town near Moscow

. In 2016, she graduated from Moscow State University’s Faculty of Journalism. Since October 2016, she has been working as the foreign desk correspondent at the Moskovskij Komsomolets newspaper
. Her native language is Russian, and she also speaks fluent English.

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John Grover, Assistant Managing Editor, The National Interest (United States)

Twitter: @JohnDaleGrover

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Min-Seo Kim, Reporter, The Segye Times (South Korea)

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Jonathan Landay, National Security Correspondent, Reuters (United States)

Twitter: @JonathanLanday

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Eliza Larson, Reporter/Multimedia Journalist, KITV4 Island News (HI, United States)

Twitter: @ElizaLarsonTV

Eliza Larson is a reporter and multimedia journalist for an ABC affiliate in Hawaii. Eliza was a producer at the time when the false missile alert was sent out in Hawaii, and has since covered the follow-up stories, from the button pusher’s reveal to the administrative mistakes.

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Jon Letman, Freelance Journalist, Truthout, The Diplomat, Al Jazeera, Civil Beat (HI, United States)

Twitter: @jonletman

Jon Letman is an independent journalist in Hawaii covering politics and the environment in the Asia-Pacific region with a focus on how militarization impacts island communities. He has reported from U.S. military installations across the Pacific and the resistance they engender.

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Tooba Masood, Subeditor/Reporter, Dawn (Pakistan)

Twitter: @tabahitooba

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Jenna McLaughlin, National Security and Investigations Reporter, Yahoo News (United States)

Twitter: @JennaMC_Laugh

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Masakatsu Ota, Senior Feature/Editorial Writer, Kyodo News (Japan)

Masakatsu Ota is a Senior and Editorial writer at Kyodo News, a position he has held since April 2009. He reports on a variety of nuclear issues, non-proliferation and the U.S.-Japan security relationship. Ota is also Visiting Professor of Waseda University and Nagasaki University.

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Homa Dorothy Parvaz, Global Politics Reporter, ThinkProgress (United States)

Twitter: @dparvaz

D. Parvaz is a Global Politics Reporter based in Washington, DC, covering issues including national security, trade, and diplomacy. She previously worked as a senior producer at Al Jazeera based out of New York and Doha, focusing on human rights, democracy, and conflict.

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Urvashi Sarkar, Freelance Journalist, The Wire, The Caravan, Al Jazeera (India)

Twitter: @urvashisarkar07

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Dina Temple-Raston, Special Correspondent, NPR (United States)

Twitter: @NPRDina

Dina Temple-Raston is Special Correspondent at NPR working on a technology project that is scheduled to air in spring 2019. Previously, she covered terrorism for the network . She is also the host and creator of “What Were You Thinking,” a podcast about adolescent decision-making and neuroscience.

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Gian Maria Volpicelli, Senior Editor, WIRED UK (Italy, based in United Kingdom)

Twitter: @Gmvolpi

Gian M Volpicelli writes and edits stories about politics, technology, and the intersection between them for WIRED UK. His areas of interest include asymmetric warfare, disinformation, cybercrime, and global catastrophic risks.

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Josephine Wolff, Freelance Journalist, Slate, The Atlantic, The New York Times (United States)

Twitter: @josephinecwolff

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