The Stern-Bryan fellowship is an annual summer internship program for British journalists at ''
The Washington Post
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''. The internship was established in honour of ''Post'' journalist, Laurence Stern. A fund for the program is managed by the
National Press Foundation. Awardees are selected by the ''Post''. Many program alumni have gone on to national prominence in British journalism. In 2020, the fellowship was renamed the Stern-Bryan fellowship in hour of
Felicity Bryan
Felicity Anne Bryan (16 October 1945 – 21 June 2020) was a British literary agent, the founder of Felicity Bryan Associates based in Oxford. She co-founded ''The Washington Post''s Laurence Stern Fellowship. It was announced in June 2020 that t ...
, who started the scheme in 1980.
Past winners
* 1980 -
David Leigh
* 1981 -
James Naughtie
* 1982 - Penny Chorlton
* 1983 -
Ian Black
* 1984 -
Mary Ann Sieghart, ''
Financial Times
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''
* 1985 -
Lionel Barber, ''
Financial Times
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''
* 1986 -
Ewen MacAskill, ''
The Scotsman
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''
* 1987 -
Sarah Helm, ''
The Independent
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''
* 1988 -
Ed Vulliamy
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Early life and education
Vulliamy was born and raised in Notting Hill, London. His mother was the children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes, his fathe ...
, ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
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''
* 1989 - Adela Gooch, ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was f ...
''
* 1990 - Keith Kendrick, ''The
Birmingham Post
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''
* 1991 - Liz Hunt, ''
The Independent
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''
* 1992 -
Jonathan Freedland
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,
BBC
* 1993 -
Ian Katz, ''
The Guardian
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''
* 1994 - Rebecca Fowler, ''
The Sunday Times
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''
* 1995 - Sarah Neville, ''
Yorkshire Post''
* 1996 -
Gary Younge, ''
The Guardian
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''
* 1997 -
Audrey Gillan, ''
The Guardian
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''
* 1998 -
Caroline Daniel, ''
New Statesman
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''
* 1999 - William Woodward, ''
The Guardian
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''
* 2000 -
Cathy Newman
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, ''
Financial Times
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''
* 2001 - Glenda Cooper, ''
Daily Mail
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''
* 2002 - Helen Rumbelow, ''
The Times
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''
* 2003 - Tania Branigan, ''
The Guardian
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A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide ...
''
* 2004 - Mary Fitzgerald, ''
The Belfast Telegraph''
* 2005 -
Sam Coates, ''
The Times
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''
* 2006 -
Anushka Asthana
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Early life
Asthana was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, and raised in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. ...
, ''
The Observer
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''
* 2007 -
Paul Lewis, ''
The Guardian
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Newspapers can cover a wide ...
''
* 2008 - Holly Watt, ''
The Sunday Times
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''
* 2009 - Alexi Mostrous, ''
The Times
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''
* 2010 - Michael Savage, ''
The Independent
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''
* 2011 - Shyamantha Asokan and Alice Fordham (joint winners)
* 2012 -
James Ball, ''
The Guardian
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''
* 2013 - Billy Kenber, ''
The Times
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''
* 2014 -
Sebastian Payne
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Early life
Payne was born "six weeks early", on 2 July 1989, in Gatesh ...
, ''
The Spectator
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It is owned by Frederick Barclay, who also owns ''Th ...
''
* 2015 - Tom Rowley, ''
The Telegraph''
* 2016 - Louisa Loveluck
* 2017 - Madhumita Murgia, ''
Financial Times
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''
* 2018 -
Gabriel Pogrund, ''
The Sunday Times
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''
* 2019 - Laura Hughes, ''
Financial Times
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''
References
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External links
Laurence (Larry) Sterna biography of Laurence Stern at Spartacus Educational
American journalism organizations
Internship programs