Internships in Russia
The Fund provides an opportunity for journalism students and recent journalism school graduates to work as interns with Moscow-based, Western news organizations. The interns are exposed to many facets of contemporary Western newsgathering and learn how to build accuracy and fairness into their work using advanced research techniques and working closely with top Western journalists. Interns have frequent opportunities to conduct interviews and co-report stories. They are encouraged to seek out and develop story ideas on their own, and to search official documents and reports.
To date, the Fund has supported the following internships for Russian journalism students:
| name | university | internship | year | |
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Tasia Bochkaryova | Novgorod State University | Washington Post | 2012 |
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Anastasia Sadovskaya | Petrozavodsk State University, Karelia | New York Times | 2012 |
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Olga Solovyeva | Pskov State University | Moscow Times | 2012 |
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Vladimir Tyurin | Pomor State University, Archangelsk | Moscow Times | 2011 |
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Nataliya Ghincul | Voronezh State University | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2011 |
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Elena Sorokina | Moscow State University | Washington Post, Moscow Bureau | 2011 |
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Oxana Andrienko | Moscow State University | Moscow Times | 2011 |
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Ivan Aslanov | Immanuel Kant State University, Kaliningrad | Washington Post, Moscow Bureau | 2011 |
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Olga Slobodchikova | Moscow State University | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2011 |
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Timothy Protski | Immanuel Kant State University, Kaliningrad | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2011 |
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Anna Tikhomirova | Moscow State University | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2010 |
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Valentin Ivanov | Vologda State University | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2010 |
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Alina Usmanova | Moscow State University | Newsweek Russia | 2010 |
| Aleksandr Tsymbal | Murmansk State Pedagogical University | Washington Post, Moscow | 2010 | |
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Aleksandra Taranova | Immanuel Kant State University, Kaliningrad | Moscow Times | 2010 |
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Karen Apriyants | Immanuel Kant State University, Kaliningrad | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2010 |
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Viktor Khanevich | Immanuel Kant State University, Kaliningrad | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2009 |
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Stepan Serdyukov | Moscow State University | Moscow Times | 2009 |
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Denis Belsky | Immanuel Kant State University, Kaliningrad | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2009 |
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Aleksandr Velikanov | Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok | Moscow Times | 2009 |
| Anna Baydakova | St. Petersburg | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2009 | |
| Alexey Lipnitsky | Forbes Russia, Moscow | 2008 | ||
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Katya Lapina | Pomor State University, Archangelsk | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2008 |
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Yegor Kiselyov | Pomor State University, Archangelsk | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2008 |
| Sergei Vasilyev | World Wildlife Fund, Vladivostok Office | Moscow Times | 2008 | |
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Aleksandra Fedorova | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2008 | |
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Pavel Rumyantsev | New York Times, Moscow Bureau | 2007 | |
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Alexei Korsunsky | St. Petersburg | CBS News, Moscow Bureau | 2006 |
The Fund has also so far supported the following types training in Russia for established journalists: 'Real-Time' documentary training and Media Business School for representatives of Biznes i Zhizn (Ekaterinburg); Orlovskaya Pravda (Orlov); and Alfa-Teleport (Blagoveshchensk).
- application process for the Paul Klebnikov Fund Internship Program, [PDF 68kb]
- read testimonials by internship recipients
- see images from the meeting between current and past PKF interns and New York Times reporter Mike Schwirtz




























