I was among the first persons of Greek descent to complete a Knight-Bagehot Fellowship, which allows mid-career journalists a paid year in Columbia Business School that results in a master's in journalism.
Only 10 people get the honor each year, and it's good to note that this year's Bagehots include:
Only 10 people get the honor each year, and it's good to note that this year's Bagehots include:
Katerina Sokou, 37, head of international financial news for Kathimerini, the Athens, Greece, daily newspaper, where she has led coverage of the international response to the financial crisis since 2008. She has become a source of information on the Greek crisis for the BBC, The Times, and countless foreign journalists via Twitter. She graduated from University of Warwick in the united Kinkgdom in 1998, and started as a trainee at the Greek newspaper To Vima, where she spent ten years. She has a history degree from the University of Ioannina, Greece.
