The Wolfson Press Fellowship

John Naughton (Director) is an academic and a journalist. He is a Professor in the Communication and Systems Group at the Open University, a graduate supervisor for the Cambridge Centre for International Studies and writes a weekly column for the Observer. A Brief History of the Future, his book on the history and significance of the Internet, has been translated into several languages, including Chinese. He is also a director of Ndiyo and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Richard Synge (Assistant Director) is a freelance journalist, editor and writer, specialising in the politics and economics of Africa. He is Senior Editor of The Africa Report, an English-language publication of Jeune Afrique in Paris, and has contributed to a wide variety of Africa-focused publications, writing extensively on peacekeeping issues, on regional cooperation in Africa and on reform in Nigeria.

Michelle Heydon (Programme Administrator) has been a founding employee of several Cambridge start-ups, including Ndiyo and most recently DisplayLink, having experience in all aspects of administration, finance and technical support and marketing. For many years she was a Systems Administrator at the Anglo Australian Observatory in Sydney, and in Cambridge at Computervision and the Xerox Research Centre Europe. When not working, Michelle can be found doing her other jobs - mum to three children, and a Governor at her kid's primary school.

Bill Kirkman founded and directed the Programme for its first 14 years and still plays an active role in it. He is a former Africa and Commonwealth Correspondent of The Times and was until recently Editor of the magazine Cambridge.He currently writes a regular column for The Hindu.