Category Archives: News

04 Dec
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Announcing the 2024 Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship

Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship 2024 Application Alfred Friendly Press Partners has brought nearly 400 journalists from 90 countries to the US for journalism training for 40 years. We are changing our training in 2024 because autocracy has created significant challenges ...

07 Apr
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Fellowship program pauses, prepares for 40th anniversary

Alfred Friendly Press Partners is taking a yearlong hiatus to reevaluate its international journalism fellowship program and plan for its 40th anniversary in spring 2024. The nonprofit organization provides young journalists, primarily from developing countries, with hands-on training from experts ...

24 Feb
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Alumnus at forefront of India’s digital video movement

Fellowship training facilitated reporter’s transition from print news “So Far, India’s Ballistic Missiles Have Been Nuclear Weapon Carriers. Now, It Plans A Rocket Force Tipped With Conventional Warheads. Can It Deter An Aggressive China?” “India’s Election Commission Has Proposed A ...

15 Feb
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Newest Fellows demonstrate explanatory journalism skills with insightful reporting from India, Guatemala, Nepal

Parth Nikhil covered the last leg of Rahul Gandhi’s march across India to explain his effort to challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dominance. Gagandeep Singh examined an economic survey of Punjab to explain where India’s far north state is leading ...

25 Jan
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Friendly alum, media groups condemn reporter’s arrest

News media and human rights groups condemned the arrest of a Pakistani journalist accused of aiding Ahmad Noorani’s reporting on assets amassed by Pakistan’s army chief. Shahid Aslam, a reporter for Bol News, was jailed on Jan. 13 and charged ...

13 Jan
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New graduates quickly advance careers

It’s typical for Alfred Friendly graduates to attain more substantial roles in journalism after returning home, but the Class of 2022 is in a class of its own. In December and January, four of the Fellows landed better jobs: Gagandeeop ...

01 Dec
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Reporter spotlights wealth accumulation of Pakistan military leader 

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
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Back in Bangladesh With Big Ambitions

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
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Stueve Fellow’s network covers marine issues in Mexico

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
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Guatemalan wins Gabo award in stellar week for TRACE Fellows

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. ...

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