Author Archives: Press Partners

22 Apr
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From candlelight to light speed: Dinosaur in digital age adapts

By Saw Yan Naing I’m like a dinosaur when it comes to using technology and multimedia platforms. This is worsened by the fact that my country in Southeast Asia has been isolated from the modern world for over six decades. ...

20 Apr
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It’s hard to survive in America without a car

By Oksana Grytsenko  I was astonished when a woman stopped her big white car at a crossroad in Columbia and asked me for a dollar. In Ukraine, those who drive would never beg because owning a car in my country ...

20 Apr
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Training experience starts with fire alarm, ends with ditched airliner

By Tarun Shukla Columbia was my first introduction to an American small town while participating in the Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellowship program. The Midwestern city that is home to the University of Missouri was to be our host for ...

16 Apr
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Miami Maze: The longest seven mile drive

By Isaac Imaka I will not call it culture shock. No! The Alfred Friendly Press Partners orientation lecture on understanding the American culture and character was designed to prepare us for shocks, but not for this. But what, then, will ...

24 Mar
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Fellow Profile: Kenyan’s passion for community service transitions into journalism career

David Herbling Nation Media Group, Kenya Alfred Friendly Fellow Hosted by Chicago Tribune   David Herbling taught for an aid agency in Somalia and was a community facilitator in Kenya when he decided to follow his enthusiasm for community service ...

19 Mar
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AFPP 2015 fellowship program begins with expanded training regimen

The Alfred Friendly Press Partners selected seven accomplished journalists from six countries to participate in the 2015 fellowship program, which runs from March 20 through August and starts with an expanded two-week orientation and training program at the Missouri School ...

16 Mar
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Fellow Profile: Exiled journalist now working inside Myanmar

Saw Yan Naing Yangon, Myanmar The Irrawaddy magazine Host:Tribe Media/The Jewish Journal Karen State native wants to start ethnic media enterprise After surviving civil wars in 1990s, Saw Yan Naing and his family were forced to flee their remote village ...

16 Mar
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Fellow Profile: Aviation beat reporter breaks stories on India’s air safety gaps

Tarun Shukla New Delhi, India Mint Host: Wall Street Journal Hindustan Times reporter hones ‘newshound’ instincts As a big believer that you learn by doing, Tarun Shukla jumped at the first opportunity to practice journalism. It paid off. Shukla started ...

16 Mar
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Fellow Profile: Pakistani journalist gives voice to religious minorities

Arooj Zahra Daniel Pearl Fellow Lahore, Pakistan GEO News Host: The Washington Post Broadcaster believes her stories can help bring positive change in society For Arooj Zahra, fear is not an option. Decades of violent extremism and armies of religious ...

16 Mar
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Fellow Profile: Imaka progresses from village storyteller to Parliament correspondent

Kampala, Uganda Daily Monitor, Nation Media Group Host: Miami Herald   Ugandan turns his storytelling nature into a profession Isaac Imaka, who covers politics and the oil and gas industry for one of Uganda’s leading newspapers, got quite an early ...

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