Higher Education
Journalists
Juan Antonio
AUNION
SPAIN (Spanish, English)
El País
Juan graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in
Language and Literature and received his Master’s in Journalism from
the School of Journalism at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/El
País. He has worked for the Spanish newspaper El País since 2005 as
a writer specialized in education. He is author of “¿Para qué sirven los
sobresalientes?“ (2009), a book about the Spanish university system.
Carmen
CONSTANTIN
ROMANIA (Romanian, English, French)
Adevarul
Carmen is coordinating editor of “Scoala si educatie”, the weekly
Education supplement of the main daily newspaper in Romania,
Adevarul. She has over 17 years of experience in journalism, including
10 years as a news speaker and one year as a deputy editor-in-chief
at Radio France Internationale - Romania. She was also founder
and editor – in chief of the first news&talk radio station in Romania,
Realitatea FM.
Isabelle
GRÉGOIRE
CANADA (French, English)
L’actualité
After travelling the globe as a reporter for French magazines,
Isabelle returned to her native Quebec in 1998. As a contributor to
the magazine L’actualité for 11 years and a Montreal correspondent
for the French magazine L’Express, she has written about topics as
diverse as education, politics, culture, science and health. A graduate
of the prestigious Centre de Formation des Journalistes in Paris, she
began her career writing for various magazines.
Anita
BLASZCZACK
POLAND (Polish, English, Spanish, Russian)
Rzeczpospolita
Anita Blaszczack is a journalist for the economic section of
Rzeczpospolita. She has been working for Rzeczpospolita for the last
15 years covering various sectors (retail, foreign investment and
media), first as a reporter and later as an editor. For the last year and a
half she has been the editor of the weekly “Career & Business” section
dedicated to various issues related to management, careers and
business education.
Olga Sergeevna
DANILENKO
RUSSIA (Russian, English, French)
Education and Career
Olga Sergeevna is a journalist and an editor at Education and
Career magazine (published by The Business World). Before joining
this publication she was editor in the Finansist production studio
(TV programs), where she prepared economics articles, reports and
other materials.
Jack
GROVE
UK (English)
Times of Higher Education
Jack Grove is a reporter at the Times of Higher Education covering
teaching and learning, quality assurance, student affairs and access
to higher education. He also covers developments in European higher
education.
Roland
HOUTSCH
LUXEMBOURG (French, English,
German, Spanish)
D’Wort
Roland Houtsch is the Features Editor at Wort, a daily national
newspaper in Luxembourg. Its French language version is “La Voix”
which is linked to the website. Wort has a circulation of 73,534 and a
readership of 176,200.
Jean-Claude
LEWANDOWSKI
FRANCE (French, English, Spanish)
Les Échos
Jean-Claude Lewandowski is the editor-in-chief of Les Échos Sup, a
tri-monthly education supplement of the French daily newspaper
Les Échos. He is also a business education journalist for Les Échos.
He worked for L’Express (a weekly news magazine) before joining
Les Échos 20 years ago. He has lived in Mexico where he taught
literature (French, Latin and Greek) and humanities.
Jane
MARSHALL
UK (English, French)
University World News
Jane Marshall is a British freelance journalist who began reporting on
education in France in 1979 for the Times Educational Supplement.
She continued working for the TES, and for the Times Higher Education
Supplement, in Beijing and Brussels, and after her return to Paris. She
is a correspondent for the online publication University World News,
of which she was a founding member in 2007.
Chetna
MEHRA
INDIA (Hindi, English)
Business World
Chetna Mehra has been a Senior Correspondent at ABP Pvt. Ltd.
for three years. She covers in-depth stories and conducts interviews
on higher education and regularly writes for the management
education section of the online magazine. She also coordinates
with universities and business schools, encouraging them to
contribute higher education-related content to make the website an
interactive platform.
Karola
KALWEIT
GERMANY (German, English)
Die Welt
Karola Kallweit is a freelance journalist. In her journalistic work she
covers topics in the areas of culture, society and education, including
the Bologna Process, Ivy League Universities in North America, and
subcultures and popular culture in the Middle East. She recently
graduated from the Evangelische Journalistenschule in Berlin and has
worked for broadcasting stations such as the RBB and Deutschlandfunk
as well as for newspapers like Die Welt.
Jonathan J.
LI
USA (English, French, Chinese, Japanese)
International Herald Tribune
Originally from Sydney, Australia. He graduated from the National
Foundation of Political Sciences (Sciences-Po), Paris. Previously,
he studied at the University of Sydney and the Tokyo University of
Foreign Studies. Before pursuing a career in journalism, he worked in
the charity and non-profit sector. In 2011, he served as the Australian
student delegate at the G8 Global Summit of Universities, Besançon.
Tatyana
MARTYANOVA
RUSSIA (Russian, English)
Vedomosti
Tatyana writes for Vedomosti Business Daily and is responsible for
career and education supplements. The paper is published in the
main regions of Russia. Vedomosti Education Desk publishes several
supplements for students (annual Career Guide, Business Task for
Students, Business Daily) and for young professionals (Business
Education in Vedomosti) whose publication usually coincides with the
FT and WSJ MBA rankings.
KENNETH
MIKKELSEN
DENMARK (Danish, English, French)
Ledelseidag
Kenneth Mikkelsen works as a freelancer for Ledelseidag (Leadership
Today), an online magazine focusing on the latest trends and
developments in management and leadership (equivalent to the
Harvard Business Review in Denmark). He also works for Mandag
Morgen (Monday Morning), the largest independent think tank in
Scandinavia which publishes a weekly magazine focusing on the
major challenges in society and the business world.
Amelia
NAIDOO
UAE (Arabic, English)
Gulf News
Amelia Naidoo graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in journalism in
2001. She has worked as an education journalist for Independent
Newspapers in South Africa and also performed the role of media
liaison and writer at the University of KwaZulu Natal and Durban
University of Technology. She currently works in Dubai and holds the
position of Campus Notes Editor with Gulf News. She covers higher
education matters in the Gulf Cooperation Council region.
Tiwari
NOOPUR
INDIA (English, French, Hindi)
NDTV
A media professional with 14 years of experience, Tiwari’s skills
include reporting, scripting, interviewing, anchoring, editing (Final Cut
Pro), recruiting, writing and pitching proposals, budget management
and managing teams. Since 2005 she has been the Europe News
Correspondent for New Delhi Television. She covers news reports
from all of continental Europe that are of interest to Indian audiences
including political, business and entertainment stories.
Katarzyna
PAWLOWSKA-SALINSKA
POLAND (Polish, English, Italian, German)
Gazeta Wyborcza
Katarzyna is a journalist for Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza. She covers
topics related to work, society, education and gender equity.
Chaoran
REN
CHINA (Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese,
German, English)
China Business
Chaoran works as a journalist for China Business Times, a national daily
newspaper focusing on the area of non-state-owned business. Since
1989 when CBT was founded, it has been simultaneously published
domestically and abroad. Chaoran writes for the front-page story
section and covers news pertaining to entrepreneurship. The stories
he writes are widely picked up and syndicated by the online media.
Nong
HE
CHINA (Chinese, French, English)
Guangming Daily
Nong is currently the Brussels correspondent for Guangming Daily,
one of the leading newspapers in China with circulation of 700,000.
It possesses an even larger readership and enjoys high visibility
among state agencies, universities and schools, the armed forces and
in intellectual circles. Nong has spent many years in Europe, mainly
covering French and European education, politics and economic news.
Loredana
OLIVA
ITALIA (Italian, English, French)
Il Sole 24 Ore
Loredana has been in charge of International Education for the Il Sole
24 Ore Group since 1996. She has a degree in International Journalism
from the CFPJ in Paris. Currently she works for the SOLE 24 ORE
Business Media Division, as well as for several other journals covering
the internationalization of universities, professional education and
business schools. Loredana is currently completing the second edition
of her study abroad guide, first published in 2008.
Vandana
RAMNANI
INDIA (Hindi, English, French)
Hindustan Times
Vandana is Senior Assistant Editor at Hindustan Times. Her
responsibilities include editing and reporting for HT Horizons
(education), Estates (real estate) and HT Shine (human resources).
She was awarded the Singapore Government’s education award for
the best coverage in 2009. Prior to this, she worked for nine years at
The Press Trust of India, the country’s leading news agency.
Marc
REYNEBEAU
BELGIUM (Flemish, French, English)
De Standaard
Marc is a senior writer and columnist with the Belgian daily
De Standaard and a commentator for radio and television programs.
He studied history at Ghent University and worked at Erasmus
University, Rotterdam. He has written several books on history
and culture.
Tatiana
NEDORIZANYUK
UKRAINE (Ukrainian, English)
Delo
Tatiana is a journalist at the Ukrainian business daily Delo. She writes
about business education and career issues. Delo is the leading daily
newspaper in Ukraine, with a print circulation of 13,000-15,000.
The paper is known for its incorporation of Western editorial and
business standards.
Abashi
SHAMAMBA
MOROCCO (French, English)
L’Économiste
Renata
SEREBRYAKOVA
RUSSIA (Russian, English)
Kommersant Science
Renata is an editor and author for the Russian sci-tech magazine,
Kommersant Science, published by Kommersant, the most popular
Russian business daily newspaper. She writes articles on education,
health and social matters. The magazine covers the scientific aspects
of ordinary events in the world, technological breakthroughs and
international technological cooperation, as well as humanitarian and
educational issues.
Fábio
TAKAHASHI
BRAZIL (Portuguese, Spanish, English)
Folha de S. Paulo
Abashi is editor-in-chief of News Économie and handles special
supplements for L’Économiste newspaper. He combines his job as
a journalist with teaching in universities and journalism schools in
Morocco. He graduated from Université Hassan II in Casablanca with a
degree in Financial Sciences and Management. He is currently a PhD
candidate in fiscal risk management at the same university.
Since 2004, Fábio has been an education reporter at Folha de
S. Paulo, Brazil’s leading newspaper. He covers all levels of education
(from kindergarten through to higher education). His work includes
regular and special reports about education. He has also contributed
to specialized education and sports websites.
Anzhelika
TIKHONOVA
RUSSIA (Russian, English)
Delovoy Petersburg
Martine
TURENNE
CANADA (French, English)
Les Affaires
Anzhelika is a journalist and editor at the business daily Delovoy
Petersburg (Petersburg Business), the most popular business
newspaper in St-Petersburg, with a circulation of more than 24,000.
She is in charge of the career and management supplement. The
paper has an online version, www.dp.ru, with more than 600,000
weekly visitors.
A journalist for the newspaper Les Affaires and Groupe magazines,
Martine is interested in major economic trends and the challenges
that will shape the future, particularly in the areas of media, culture,
education, retailing, marketing, as well as urban and women’s issues.
Her most recent assignment was on the professional education of
young people.
Helga
WIENRÖDER
SWITZERLAND (German, English)
Handelzeitung
Helga has covered work and career topics since 1974. Since 1995
she has been covering higher education and business schools for
Handelszeitung. She is co-author of the first and second edition of
MBA Compass and of the annual book, Top employers Switzerland.
She is also a press officer and founding member of the ’Smart
Ladies’ Investment Club (SLIC) and an editorial journalist of its
member magazine.
Ian
WYLIE
UK (English)
Financial Times
After 15 years at The Guardian, Ian Wylie now writes for the Financial
Times’ business education pages, but also reports on business,
education and work issues for a wide range of other newspaper
and magazine titles. Born and schooled in Northern Ireland, he
has an economics degree from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh
and teaches journalism classes at the universities of Newcastle
and Sunderland.