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07 Apr
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Fellowship program pauses, prepares for 40th anniversary

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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 ...

13 Mar
0

‘Russian?’ Here’s how Georgians react

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By Khatia Shamanauri, Alfred Friendly Class of 2020 Exactly a year ago, in a local Welsh pub in Cardiff, a friend of my housemate asked me a seemingly harmless question: “Which Georgia are you from – American Georgia, or Russian ...

25 Jan
0

Friendly alum, media groups condemn reporter’s arrest

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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 ...

24 Jan
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How coding can make your journalism faster, bigger, and smarter

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By Anastasia Valeeva | During my Alfred Friendly fellowship, I spent ten months as part of the data team at The Marshall Project, a news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Coming from an environment where we mainly relied on ...

13 Jan
0

New graduates quickly advance careers

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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 ...

08 Dec
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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 ...

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 ...

20 Sep
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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 ...

04 Aug
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Fellows celebrate graduation in Washington

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Members of the Class of 2022 completed their fellowship in Washington, D.C., with a final training session and a ceremonial dinner, where they received certificates for completing the program. At the Missouri School of Journalism offices in the National Press ...

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