Looking to learn more about or engage with Mozilla Fellows and Awardees around the world? Keep your eye on the Mozilla Foundation blog to stay up-to-date with regular updates about these leaders and their work by reviewing the current and upcoming news and announcements below. You can also see a directory of all Mozilla Fellows and Awardees here.

AI and internet health

News from current fellows and awardees

• Jack Dorsey’s Twitter Failed African Countries — featuring fellow Odanga Madung in Wired
• The real dangers of deepfakes, explored — featuring awardees Francesca Panetta and Halsey Burgund in RT
• In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores — featuring fellow Remy Muhire in USA Today as well as CBS Oklahoma, Yahoo News, LA Times, Fresno Bee and Afro News
• Mozilla Kutumia Kiswahili Kwenye Teknolojia Ya Sauti - featuring Rebecca Ryakatimbo in HabariLeo

Fellowship and Awardee Alumni News

• Humane algorithms - that's what she takes on with Amazon — featuring alum Deb Raji in Republik
• Wampum.Codes Host Amelia Winger-Bearskin Uses A.I. Art To Tell Indigenous Stories – featuring alum Amelia Bearskin in Uproxx
• The big bluff with artificial intelligence — featuring alum Frederike Kaltheuner in Suddeutsche Zeitung
• Frederike has also launched Fake AI, an edited book about AI pseudoscience, snake oil and hype—the outcome of her 2019-2020 Mozilla Tech policy fellowship. The 200-page anthology features a chapter by a fellow alum, Deb Raji
• Bug bounties for algorithmic harms? — an AJL report featuring alums Camille Francois and Deb Raji

Events and Launches (recent and upcoming)

• Join us for Mozfest, 7-10 March. Secure your ticket here.

Program Updates

• Meet Kofi Yeboah, our new Program Officer! Kofi joined the team on 4 January 2022 and will be leading our work on the Creative Media Awards and supporting our expanding work in Eastern and South Africa.
• Meet Shandukani Mulaudzi, our new Communications Officer! Shandukani joined us on 14 December 2021 and will be providing communications support to the program, fellows and awardees.
• Meet Crystal Lee, our new Senior Fellow for the Responsible Computer Science Challenge! Crystal joined us on 31 January 2022.

Recent posts from fellows + awardees