Author Archives: Press Partners

08 Dec
0

Reporter/Entrepreneur: Former Fellows discuss startups

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The Kyiv Independent expected harsh criticism for publishing a negative story about foreign soldiers defending Ukraine from Russia’s onslaught.  “This story is very complicated, and not something the government probably wants to hear and see,” Kyiv Independent staffer Olena Goncharova ...

01 Dec
0

Reporter spotlights wealth accumulation of Pakistan military leader 

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During general’s waning days of power, government tries to block former Fellow’s exposé  By David Reed, Alfred Friendly Program Director In Pakistan, every investigative reporter knows that exposing military misdeeds can get you censored, fired, beaten up — even killed.     No ...

Saurav Rahman
23 Nov
0

Back in Bangladesh With Big Ambitions

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A project to elevate truth and critical thinking  I’m part of an initiative that’s in the process of launching a misinformation and disinformation lab in Bangladesh. We are developing  the misinformation and disinformation lab as a project of Digitally Right, an ...

30 Oct
0

Stueve Fellow’s network covers marine issues in Mexico

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This spring in Mexico, Juan Luis García founded a network of environmental journalists focused on marine issues, which is particularly important in a country with 6,800 miles of ocean coastline. García’s initiative exemplifies the outstanding work done recently by Alfred ...

17 Oct
0

Guatemalan wins Gabo award in stellar week for TRACE Fellows

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Alfred Friendly/TRACE Fellow Jody García was part of a team that won Latin America’s most prestigious journalism prize for their project investigating and analyzing the events before, during and after an orphanage fire that killed 41 girls in Guatemala City. ...

06 Oct
0

Alum leads newspaper launch in Uganda

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When Issac Imaka was a child living in Uganda’s Busoga region, his mother called him “the “village journalist” and other adults called him “the quick one.”  “I started stationing myself at the village court to listen to cases of which ...

29 Sep
0

Alum goes undercover in Namibia for illegal logging investigation

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John Grobler has investigated wrongdoings in Africa for nearly a quarter century, since he returned home to Namibia in 1996 from an Alfred Friendly fellowship and a posting at the New York Times. Grobler has been covering the logging of ...

20 Sep
0

New graduate’s anti-corruption reporting earns Times byline

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When Kamala Harris came to Guatemala City in June of last year, Jody García covered the story — particularly the vice president’s comments on corruption and migration — for a small monthly magazine called La Cuerda. With Guatemala’s President Alejandro ...

12 Sep
0

Alum launches fact-checking news platform in Nepal

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Deepak Adhikari is a Kathmandu-based freelance journalist and a 2008 Alfred Friendly Fellow. He covers socio-political issues in Nepal including human rights, environment, hydropower, tourism, trafficking and geopolitics. His work has appeared in Time magazine, The Caravan magazine, Al Jazeera ...

01 Sep
0

Reporters share fellowship lessons with colleagues in Nepal

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On their final day of training, the 2022 Fellows gathered at the Missouri School of Journalism’s conference room in the National Press Building in Washington and discussed their plans for sharing lessons learned with colleagues back home. At the end ...

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