Tags: "Alfred Friendly Press Partners"

24 Apr
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Let’s get lost. (It’s what all good tourists do, after all)

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By Arooj Zahra It was a bright sunny April day in Columbia, quiet as usual on a Saturday in a university town that hosts over 35,000 students. The Alfred Friendly Press Partners of 2015 had to leave for their host ...

23 Apr
0

Against all odds, the American Dream begins

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By David Herbling Having said bye to family and friends with a  final round of hugs, I pushed my rather bulky airport luggage trolley into the departures unit at Nairobi’s largest airport. Passport — check. Ticket — check. Departure time — ...

20 Apr
0

It’s hard to survive in America without a car

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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
0

Training experience starts with fire alarm, ends with ditched airliner

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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
0

Miami Maze: The longest seven mile drive

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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
0

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

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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 ...

14 Oct
0

A message from David Reed

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Members of the Friendly Family, I’m really excited to share this news with you: The Alfred Friendly Press Partners board has asked me to run the organization after Executive Director Kathleen Graham departs to become the Executive Director of the ...

03 Jul
0

Fellow blog post: Waqas Banoori – Media Innovation in the contemporary world!

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By Waqas Banoori I’ve witnessed media’s development, strengthening and impact on innovation in Pakistan. A country that’s seen four martial laws, autocratic rule, unstable democracy and unaccountable elite has suddenly taken a 180 degree turn. Today, the parliamentarians, bureaucrats, military, ...

24 Jun
0

Reflection on 9/11 Memorial: Emran Hossain – After tragic 9/11, how much does freedom ring for America, the world?

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By Emran Hossain NEW YORK − On a brilliant summer’s day, a recent sunny visit to the National September 11 Memorial Museum in this metropolis also offered some stark reminders that the darkness that gathered after an attack that killed ...

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