Class of 2005
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Top Row (l to r): Benedict Dimapindan, Vanessa de la Torre, Jamie
Schuman, Leland Kim, Shannon Snow, Minhua Ji Bottom Row (l to r): Kimberly Chase, Rebecca Lowe, Sarita Chourey |
Kimberly Noel Chase
Kimberly was born and raised in Concord, Mass. She spent her
junior year of high school as an exchange student in France, and since
then she has learned Spanish and Hebrew. She graduated from New School
University in 2000 with a BA in liberal arts, and more recently she has published
in the Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times,
and several local New York City publications. After graduating from Stanford
University’s Graduate Program in Journalism, she would like to work
as a correspondent from Jerusalem.
Sarita Chourey
Sarita, from Gainesville, Fla., has been a reporter in Washington,
D.C., for three years. She covered Capitol Hill and various government
agencies for Federal Computer Week, a magazine about the way
the federal government uses information technology. Before that she covered
Congress as a staff writer for The Hill newspaper and wrote a
weekly piece about Wisconsin's congressional delegation for WisPolitics and the Green Bay News-Chronicle. Sarita holds a B.A. in journalism
from Indiana University (2001).
Vanessa de la Torre
Vanessa was raised in El Centro, Calif., a desert town minutes
from the Mexican border. After contemplating art school or a career in
sports medicine, Vanessa switched gears when she enrolled at Princeton
University. The atmosphere inspired her to pen a senior thesis titled,
“A Protest Against Tyranny: Black Power and Conflict in the Articulated
Rage of Malcolm X and Ice Cube.” She also studied in Spain and London
before graduating in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in English. Since
then, Vanessa has spent a fourth summer interning at Imperial Valley Press, her hometown newspaper, before pursuing a master’s
degree in journalism at Stanford University. She also was a contributing writer for the Progressive Review, a Princeton publication. After graduation, she will
be a summer intern in the Wahsington Post Style section. Vanessa
hopes to have a long career in feature writing.
Benedict de la Merced Dimapindan
Benedict was born in Torrance, Calif., in 1981.
His parents, along with his younger brother and younger sister still reside
in Carson, a city in the South Bay region of Los Angeles. He graduated
magna cum laude in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in print journalism from
California State University, Long Beach, where he served as a staff writer
and editor for theDaily Forty-Niner. He has also interned as
a sports reporter for his local paper, the Daily Breeze, and
later worked at the Los Angeles Times as a web editing assistant
and a sports desk assistant -- aiding in the paper's high school sports
coverage -- for more than two years. Upon completing his master's in communication
at Stanford, he hopes to work as a reporter in either the Bay Area or
back home in Los Angeles.
Minhua Ji
Minhua was born in Shanghai, China. She graduated from Beijing
University in 1999 with BA degree in English linguistics and literature.
During school, she had journalism internship in Beida Broadcast Station,
Shanghai Broadcast Station, Shanghai TV and the Shanghai Star newspaper.
After graduation, she worked for several newspapers in Beijing, Shanghai
and Guangzhou -- Shanghai Business Journal, Helsingin Sanomat,
21st Century World Herald and Southern Metropolis Daily.
After finishing her masters program at Stanford, she plans to work as
a reporter in China, either in Hong Kong or on the mainland. She hopes
to apply the fruitful study at Stanford to her future pursuit in journalism.
Leland Kim
Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Leland immigrated to
the United States when he was six years old and grew up in Los Angeles.
He received his undergraduate education from UCLA, where he majored
in political science and minored in philosophy. He studied international
relations, focusing on military conflicts of the 20th century. Leland
was a reporter and an opinion columnist for the Daily Bruin,
UCLA's student newspaper. He also worked as a reporter and anchor for
Bruin News 29, the campus TV news station, covering local and national
stories. He also interned with NBC News and ABC News in their respective
news divisions. Leland has earned scholarships from the Radio-Television
News Directors Foundation, the Asian American Journalists Association,
and Stanford University. Having worked in the private sector for a number
of years,
Leland has had a diverse career, holding positions such as a U.S. Army
sergeant, a police officer and a pediatric hospital administrator. After
graduation, he will work as a broadcast news reporter specializing in
crime, with an eventual goal of doing investigative journalism for an
international news organization. Leland speaks Korean and Spanish.
Rebecca E. O. Lowe
Rebecca was born in High Wycombe, England, in 1981. After leaving
Wycombe High School with four A Levels in 1999, she won an English Speaking
Union scholarship to study at Hockaday School in Texas. During this year
she also worked in a car factory, fitting the back window into Rover 75s,
to part finance her undergraduate study at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
She graduated with a BA in English Literature in June 2003, and spent
the following year working as a journalist intern at various regional
and national news organizations, including the Guardian, the
Sunday Telegraph and the Independent. In 2004 she received
a full tuition scholarship to study for a masters in journalism at Stanford
University. After graduation she hopes to specialize in international
affairs or foreign correspondence.
Jamie Schuman
Jamie grew up outside of Philadelphia. She studied English
literature in college. Before coming to Stanford, she worked in international
education and communications in Washington, D.C., and the United Kingdom.
An avid traveler, she is having a good time experiencing California.
Shannon Snow
Born and raised in Portland, Ore., Shannon earned a bachelor's degree
in philosophy from Wellesley College. In 2001, she spent a summer in Seoul,
South Korea, reporting on North Korea, international politics and social
affairs forThe Chosun Ilbo. Currently you can find her work
in Red Herring magazine. Shannon enjoys writing about politics,
culture and technology. Upon graduation from Stanford, she will intern
for the San Diego Union-Tribune.