2025 Lipman Center Fellowships Announced
Meet the journalists who will pursue reporting projects on issues of inequity and human or civil rights abuses.
The Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights is proud to announce its 2025 fellowship winners, journalists who will pursue reporting projects on issues of inequity and human or civil rights abuses.
The fellows were selected from a diverse group of candidates who exemplified the center’s mission of informing and shaping the way we cover race, gender, and civil and human rights.
“We’re very proud of this year’s fellows, who were among a number of impressive and timely proposals,” said Robe Imbriano, director of the Lipman Center and Ira A. Lipman Associate Professor of Journalism.
The 2025 $10,000 fellowship recipients are:
Paisley Dodds, former international investigations reporter for The Associated Press and former London Bureau Chief, is now an independent journalist working with Frontline. She has covered stories ranging from civil rights in the South to suicide bombings to U.N. sexual abuse and exploitation.
Kenneth R. Rosen, author and former senior editor at Newsweek, is writing a book about the Arctic for Simon & Schuster. He has reported from Ukraine, Syria and Malta, and his stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, Foreign Policy, Politico Magazine, and elsewhere. He is author of “Troubled,” an investigation of behavioral treatment programs.
Professor Imbriano led the selection committee, which included Joan Konner Visiting Professor of Journalism Ty Lawson, and Adjunct Associate Professor Dolores Barclay, Lipman program manager.
“We are proud to welcome Paisley and Kenneth, especially now, as investigative reporting is more vital than ever,” said Jelani Cobb, Dean and Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism, and the Lipman Center’s inaugural director.
“From exposing the failures of our medical system to reporting from within conflicts, their work embodies the kind of fearless, fact-driven reporting these fellowships support.”
The Lipman Center convenes leaders in journalism and civil and human rights, and conducts research around social justice issues. The center enhances the academic experience of current journalism school students by contributing to curricula design and developing student activities inspired by the center’s work. At the heart of the center’s mission is the establishment of the annual Lipman Fellowship, intended to produce significant civil and human rights reportage, and The Lipman Center Initiative in Reporting on Race and Criminal Justice, a reporting project for local newsrooms to investigate systemic racism in the criminal justice system.
For more information about the Lipman Fellowships, please visit: https://journalism.columbia.edu/lipman-center