By Nicholas Cheng| I made a very impulsive purchase one evening last week after doing my weekly budget spreadsheet: A ticket for one person, in the D row of the Orpheum Theater, to watch “Hamilton.” Now for those who do not ...
By Smitha Rajan | When I was leaving for the United States, a colleague advised me not to take my salwar kurta (a traditional Indian attire). You already look Indian, you don’t have to attract any more attention by wearing ...
By Ashley Lime | It was barely a week before I made my maiden trip to the United States when the unexpected phone call came. “Ashley, would you come and see me in my office 8.30 a.m. tomorrow?,” my boss ...
By Binita Dahal | During my trip to join the Fellowship program, I needed to board a flight from the Philadelphia airport to St. Louis. This being my first visit to the United States, I wanted to make sure that I ...
By Nicholas Cheng Hello readers. I hope you are well. I am less than stellar, unfortunately. I am writing this blog post on the evening 14R bus back to my apartment in Richmond. It is 8 p.m. My feet hurt. ...
By María José Valero Betty Abah wrote down details of every outing with her Alfred Friendly fellowship colleagues. She would scribble notes or draw sketches to record her experiences a decade ago in America, whether or not the ...
Knowing too few words in English, but filled with excitement to learn and be of more help to my newsroom, I left Miami to go to Missouri for nearly three weeks of training. This was after I jumped in ...
Seeing snow all over again Hosting foreign journalists probably does more for us than it does for them By Greg Victor (Originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Hamza Idris is a Nigerian journalist. He spent most of the past decade in ...
During an event at the Stueve Siegel Hanson law firm in Kansas City, the Class of 2016 Fellows took turns introducing themselves and talking about their involvement with the fellowship program. Patrick Stueve is the treasurer of the Alfred Friendly ...
By Mercy Adhiambo In a few days, I will leave the USA and head back to my country, Kenya. My journalism fellowship at The Oklahoman has come to an end after five months of being in a place that has ...
