2006 Daniel Pearl Intern Chosen
Camille J. Ricketts |
Camille J. Ricketts is a senior who is minoring in creative writing. She will work in the London bureau of the Wall Street Journal this summer.
The internship was established to commemorate the work and ideals of Pearl, Stanford graduate and Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan in 2002.
In an essay written as part of the application process, Ricketts described her affinity for Pearl's work. "Daniel Pearl made it his mission to give many who were lost or unnoticed a recognizable face and a louder voice," she wrote. "Like Pearl, I strive to capture people's idiosyncrasies, while never losing site of their commonalities."
Ricketts has been editor-in-chief of the Stanford Daily during the fall and winter. She has had previous journalism internships at the Knight Ridder Washington bureau, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Stanford magazine, and the Menlo Park Almanac. She is from Fremont, California.
A committee of Communication Department faculty members evaluated applicants for the internship. The final decision was made by the Wall Street Journal.
Pearl, a 1985 graduate of Stanford's Department of Communication, was kidnapped in Karachi on January 23, 2002, while working on a story retracing the steps of "shoe bomber" Richard Reid. A month later, on Feb. 21, his captors released a videotape of his slaying. He was 38.
Camille J. Ricketts's winning essay: