Recipients of 2025 Dag Hammarskjöld Journalism Fellowships

Due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the Fund could not conduct an in-person Hammarskjöld Journalism Fellowship program during the 76th United Nations General Assembly in 2021.  Instead, the Fund selected four journalists from applications received in 2020 to observe and report on U.N. deliberations, conferences and interviews via virtual sessions. 

Letícia Messias, 26, of Brazil, is a journalist specializing in international affairs. She works as a reporter for the foreign desk of O Globo, Brazil’s leading newspaper and part of Latin America’s biggest media conglomerate. She has covered major global issues, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, U.S. elections, and the Biden and Trump administrations. She has also written extensively on topics related to the United Nations, such as human rights, gender inequality, climate change, and conflict resolution. Letícia is also the director of Rio Invisível, a social project focused on the homeless population in Rio de Janeiro. The initiative was featured in the 2020 Percursos Mediados — Rua! exhibition at the Museum of Art of Rio (MAR).

Victoria O’Regan, 27, of South Africa has been working as a political and foreign affairs journalist for nearly five years. She is currently based in Cape Town and works for a leading South African news publication Daily Maverick, where she covers national politics, Parliament and international affairs. She is a recipient of the regional 2023 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award for Breaking News (Western Cape), and a co-recipient of the national 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award for Sustainability Reporting.

Asim Ahmed Khan, 32, is an investigative journalist from Balochistan, Pakistan, currently contributing to CNN, Bisaat News, and The Friday Times. Since beginning his career in 2015, he has covered critical issues including climate change, human rights, corruption, and security. His reporting has won multiple national awards and influenced policy debates. He is also a 2025 Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellow in the UK.

Prosper Heri Ngorora, 27, is a freelance Congolese journalist based in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. With eight years of experience in journalism, he reports on a wide range of topics linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including climate change, peace and security, health, conflict, and education.