Category Archives: Fellowship Blog

By Glenda Ortega The relationship between the Ecuadorian and the U.S. governments has been very sensitive since World Press Freedom Day on May 3. That day, the U.S. ambassador in Quito, Adam Namm, attended an event organized by the National ...

By Khalid Khattak Over the years journalists in Pakistan have been struggling to achieve a free press. That said, the situation is improving. It is partially because of sacrifices made by Pakistani journalists over time and, perhaps more significantly, because ...

By Mugambi Mutegi Despite years of giving short speeches to my colleagues at high school – every Friday morning to the residents of the dormitory I supervised and regularly in the school’s main hall – public speaking has not really ...

A game called Polly is designed to promote literacy May 6, 2013 12:09 am   By Waqas Banoori / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A silly phone game, developed through research at Carnegie Mellon University, may give people with low reading and writing skills in ...

Bangladesh Collapse Shows Safety Audit Shortcomings By Dave Jamieson and Emran Hossain Posted on the Huffington Post Website: 05/04/2013 9:14 am EDT Major clothing brands like to say they have a system in place to avoid doing business with overseas suppliers ...

Bangladesh Garment Industry Leader Says Blame For Tragedies Lies With Western Retailers Posted on the Huffington Post website 5-3-2013 By Dave Jamieson and Emran Hossain Whenever impoverished garment workers die while making clothes for wealthier consumers in far-off lands, competing ...

How ya doin? No, really, how are ya doin? By Emran Hossain “Ask questions to start a conversation.” “Ask an open-ended question.” These simple quotes summarize some of what I have learned about how to dig into American culture in ...

Eyes on Economy, Ex-PM Becomes Front-Runner  By Saeed Shah, Khalid Khattak in Washington contributed to this article. LAHORE, Pakistan—Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whose political party has governed Pakistan’s most-populous province for the past five years, has become the leading contender ...

By Mugambi Mutegi I have been in the United States for slightly over one month but I still do not know just how much I should tip. I am reliably advised that the tipping rule of thumb, other than the ...

Report Finds Journalist Killings Go Unsolved Published in The Wall Street Journal on May 2, 2013  By Khalid Khattak Governments around the world have failed to investigate and prosecute the killing of hundreds of journalists in recent years, a report ...